Tag archive for ‘Affect’
Why Do I Love Television So Very Much?
by: Alan McKee / Queensland University of Technology
Why is television my favourite medium, moreso than cinema, radio, even than books? Why does art make me so angry, television so joyful?
The Crying Game: Why Television Brings Us to Tears
by: David Lavery / Brunel University
On media and the observation that we still have no valid, philosophically sophisticated theory of why we laugh and cry.
TV in the Season of Compassion Fatigue
by: Diane Negra / University of East Anglia
What, ultimately, drives the production and consumption of television disaster coverage?
Television and the Work of Mourning
by: Tim Anderson / Denison University
How do we cope with the loss of our favorite television shows?
Reality TV
by: Derek Kompare / Southern Methodist University
How Hurricane Katrina can reshift how we define reality TV worth watching.
Domestic Reality TV
by: Allison McCracken / DePaul University
I have finally found a reality program that I can watch without cringing with embarrassment for the participants and/or becoming enraged at the producers. Not surprisingly, it’s trailing in the ratings and on the brink of cancellation.
Laguna Beach
by: Anna McCarthy / New York University
“Oh my God, didn’t Morgan get pretty?” This was a friend’s response when I asked if he’d seen Laguna Beach, a new MTV reality show billed as “the real Orange County.” He wasn’t actually commenting on a character’s looks. Rather, he was parodying its signature mode of dialogue…
Small Pleasures
by: Mimi White / Northwestern University
Can you love and hate a television show at one and the same time?
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