Tag: Television
New findings add twist to screen time limit debate
Jean Twenge, San Diego State University
Many parents want to know how much time their kids should be spending in front of screens, whether it’s...
Anthony Bourdain’s window into Africa
Jacob Henry, University of Hawaii
Anthony Bourdain might have been a celebrity chef, but viewers of his Emmy Award-winning travel show, “Parts Unknown,” didn’t tune...
Why are Sinclair’s scripted news segments such a big deal?
Amanda Lotz, University of Michigan
On March 31, Deadspin produced a video showing a chorus of local news anchors delivering the exact same scripted speech...
The transformation of the Super Bowl ad experience
Mark Bartholomew, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
In an era of increasing media fragmentation, you could describe the Super Bowl as...
Disney’s potential 21st Century Fox merger continues troubling trend of media...
Margot Susca, American University School of Communication
In the U.S., only a handful of media companies control what children and adults watch and read.
Now...
How the Pentagon tried to cure America of its ‘Vietnam syndrome’
Paul Joseph, Tufts University
In August 1965, Morley Safer, a reporter for “CBS News,” accompanied a unit of U.S. marines on a search-and-destroy mission to...
In defense of HBO’s counterfactual ‘Confederate’
Gavriel D. Rosenfeld, Fairfield University
In late July, HBO announced its forthcoming alternate history series “Confederate,” a show that will take place in a...
Can transgender TV characters help bridge an ideological divide?
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Erica L. Rosenthal, University of Southern California and...
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Matthieu Dubarry, University of Hawaii and Arnaud Devie, University of Hawaii
Many of us would be hard-pressed to spend a day without using a lithium-ion...
