Now if I just remembered where I put that original TV play device--the universal remote control . . . Television is a global industry, a medium of representatio
Film and television create worlds, but they are also of a world, a world that is made up of stuff, to which humans attach meaning. Think of the last time you wa
For decades educators and cultural critics have deplored the corrosive effects of electronic media on the national consciousness. The average American reads les
From The $64,000 Question and Twenty-One to Jeopardy and Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, quiz shows have permeated American culture ever since their beginnings i