Part I. What is TV, and why is there so much of it? What's TV anyway--and how is it not a movie? ; How to survive peak TV -- Part II. Yes, TV can be good for you. The conversation starters: learning from Lost, each other, and ourselves ; The lens openers: learning from artists and performers ; The empathy generators: how TV allows us to live inside someone else's head ; The creative challengers: thinking outside the box ; The carousel: preserving cultural history -- Part III. TV can be junk food, and that's OK too. To binge or not to binge? ; Conclusion; how to love TV and not be totally daunted.
Summary:
"HOW TV CAN MAKE YOU SMARTER shows readers the real and numerous emotional and, yes, intellectual benefits of TV. Through a wide selection of diverse examples, author Allison Shoemaker provides the tools to taking advantage of our 24/7 access to this content and how we can rewire our brains to how we engage with TV in order to gain meaningful insights"-- Provided by publisher.
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