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Live television ‘the extraordinary and the everyday’

This week we looked at the role of television broadcasting in the construction of the nation. Television allows public values to “penetrate the private world of the residence, with the world of the house being integrated into the metaphor of … Continue reading

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The Death of Television

Have new technologies sounded the death of television? Or is there still a place for traditional television in today’s society? This widely debated topic seems to be popping up frequently since the development of various internet based technologies for viewing … Continue reading

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Why bother studying television?

Who knew television could be open to such in depth analysis. Brian certainly persuaded us that it could by starting the lecture with a clip from Jamie’s Fowl Dinners, posing the question ‘what’s so television about this?’. I quickly realized … Continue reading

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