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  Behind the Laughter Curtain: Image(in)ing Later Life Marriage through Comedy

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  Melissa Aleman James Madison University, School of Communication Studies

  March 25, 2009

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  such representations to render possible images as obscene, such as older adult sexuality, infidelity, ... and talk about those stories that we imagine the unseen and unspoken possibility for later life ... a narrative space for viewers to imagine, not only a host of possible punch lines, but also the relationship ...
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  Getting rid of the idea that older adults are television addicts

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  Margot van der Goot Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands

  March 26, 2009

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  Only some people watch for want of something better: as compensation for things that are not possible ... (anymore).   I’m wondering whether older people in different cultures and different countries experience ...
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  “Quiero Mis Quinces”: I want my MTV, in English and Spanish. Bilingual and Bicultural Popular Television.

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  Carolyn Brown American University

  September 08, 2009

  English. As it turns out, I am not that unusual. I’m a typical 2nd generation bicultural, bilingual Latino ...
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  Jack Black, Yo Gabba Gabba, and Kid-Cult Appeal

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  Jason Mittell Middlebury College

  October 21, 2009

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  Jack Black, Yo Gabba Gabba, and Kid-Cult Appeal children television yo gabba gabba children's television Curator's Note One key strategy that has been common throughout the history of media targeting children is offering a dual appeal to adults ...
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  The Rigidity of Seasonal Synergy

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  Myles McNutt University of Wisconsin - Madison

  July 15, 2010

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  The Rigidity of Seasonal Synergy television Summer scheduling ratings Curator's Note Whether due to a particularly breezy pace or a distinctly sunny setting, many summer series become permanently connected with the season in which they premiere. This ...
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  Digital Labor in Participatory Television

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  Adam Fish Lancaster University, Sociology

  May 05, 2011

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  well as in the divided cities in Belfast and Jerusalem and revolutions in central Asia. This ...
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  Can TV See Class? Or How I learned to Stop Worrying and Believe in the American Dream

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  Robert Cannon California State University, Los Angeles

  September 23, 2011

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  Can TV See Class? Or How I learned to Stop Worrying and Believe in the American Dream working class television class determinism class American dream Curator's Note It's been three years since The Wire  left television and academia still can ...
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  Avatar Comes Home: 3D and the Death of DVD

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  Chuck Tryon Fayetteville State University

  November 10, 2011

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  Avatar Comes Home: 3D and the Death of DVD television special effects panasonic james cameron avatar 3D Curator's Note  When James Cameron's 3D space epic, Avatar, was first being promoted, the movie was promoted as something that audiences had ...
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  Louie's "God" As Cathartic Television

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  Kelli Marshall DePaul University

  March 22, 2012

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  Louie's "God" As Cathartic Television television religion parenting louie god Curator's Note A scene that precedes this one from Louie 's episode "God" has been described as disturbing, graphic, creepy, and horrifying. I ...
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  Reaching out: Milch’s teaching, voice, genius.

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  Jason Jacobs University of Queensland

  April 23, 2012

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  Reaching out: Milch’s teaching, voice, genius. television genius David Milch Curator's Note Listen to the painstaking patient care with which David Milch walks his audience through his teaching materials in this lecture that theorises the themes and ...

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