How television shapes our worldview : media representations of social trends and change / edited by Deborah A. Macey, Kathleen M. Ryan, and Noah J. Springer.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-423) and index.
Contents:
10. Charity Fox. -- Section I. Not necessarily the news: 2. Paramilitary patriots of the Cold War : women, weapons, and private warriors in the A-team and Airwolf / Jack A. Barwind, Philip J. Salem, and Robert D. Gratz -- 3. Measuring the messenger : analyzing bias in Presidential election return coverage / Kahtleen M. Ryan, Lane Clegg, and Joy C. Mapaye -- 4. Television, Islam, and the invisible : narratives on terrorism and immigration / Tim Karis. -- Section II. Boy (and girl) meets world: 5. "Your dreams were your ticket out" : how mass media's teachers constructed one educator's identity / Edward A. Janak -- 6. Defying gravity : Fox's Glee provides a forum for queer teen representation / Katherine J. Lehman -- 7. Friendship and the single girl : what we learned about feminism and friendship from sitcom women in the 1960s and 1970s / Cindy Conaway and Peggy Tally. -- Section III. America's most wanted. 8. Epic failures : media framing and the ethics of scapegoating in baseball / Chandler Harris and Lauren Lemley -- 9. Eyewitnesses to TV versions of reality : the relationship between exposure to TV crime dramas and perceptions of the criminal justice system / Susan H. Sarapin and Glenn G. Sparks -- 10. Paramilitary patriots of the Cold War : women, weapons, and private warriors in the A-team and Airwolf / Charity Fox. -- 20. Cyborgs in the newsroom : databases, cynicism and political irony in The Daily Show / Noah J. Springer. 12. Television and the environment : more screen--less green / Jennifer Ellen Good -- 13. From Welby to McDreamy : what TV teaches us about doctors, patients, and the health care system / Katherine A. Foss. -- Section V. The voice: 14. Made impossible by viewers like you : the politics and poetics of Native American voices in US public television / Leighton C. Peterson -- 15. "Real" black, "real" money : African American audiences on The Real Housewives of Atlanta / Gretta Moody -- 16. He who has the gold makes the rules : Tyler Perry presents "The Tyler Perry Way" / Danielle E. Williams -- 17. Viewing 90210 from 12203 : affluent TV teens influence a cohort of middle class women / Michelle Napierski-Prancl. -- Section VI. Futurama: 18. The construction of taste : television and American home décor / Stylés I. Akira and Larry Ossei-Mensah -- 19. Bordertown : manufacturing Mexicanness in reality television / Ariadne Alejandra Gonzalez -- 20. Cyborgs in the newsroom : databases, cynicism and political irony in The Daily Show / Noah J. Springer.
Summary:
Over the last half of the twentieth century, television has become the predominant medium through which the public accesses information about the world. Through the news, situation comedies, police dramas, and commercials, we learn about the world around us, and our role within it. These genres, narratives, and cultural forms are not simply entertainment, but powerful socializing agents that show the world as we might never see it in real life. How Television Shapes Our Worldview brings together a diverse set of scholars, methodologies, and theoretical frameworks to interrogate the ways through which television molds our vision of the outside world. The essays include advertising and public relations analyses, audience interviews, and case studies that touch on genres ranging from science fiction in the 1970s to current "reality" television. Television truly provides a powerful influence over how we learn about the world around us and understand its social processes.
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