Remembering Television: A Gap in the Records

Over the past decade or so, there has been renewed interest in the question of happiness. Happiness studies, a multi-disciplinary field which combines insights from psychology, economics, politics and the natural sciences, has attempted to create a ‘science of happiness’. Althoug ...  Show more

Dan Brown's books mightn't be the best example of literature, but surely it has to have it's good points. Dr Chris Scanlon of La Trobe University's media department has some good things to say about it... or at least, the success it generates. Copyright 2009 La Trobe University, ...  Show more

In this episode of High Theory, Olivia Stowell speaks with Saronik about Reality TV. In the episode she talks about the genesis of the genre in Candid Camera, An American Family, COPS and America’s Most Wanted, before the watershed moment of The Real World in the 1990s. She refer ...  Show more

Toshada und viele andere von Euch haben mich gebeten, über das Thema Fernsehen in Deutschland zu sprechen. Gerne! Könnt Ihr Euch vorstellen, dass schon 1929 ein regelmäßiges Fernsehprogramm ausgestrahlt wurde? Zwar noch in schlechter Auflösung, aber immerhin! 1936 wurden die Olym ...  Show more

Más de 400 episodios, 23 temporadas y 22 años en emisión, se acaba la serie más longeva de nuestra televisión, que forma parte ya de la historia de España. A través de la familia Alcántara hemos recordado todo lo que ha pasado en nuestro país entre 1968 y 2001 Estamos ante la fic ...  Show more

In the 1990s the most violent thing on television wasn’t wrestling, or NHL hockey it was The Jerry Springer Show. The daytime talk show regularly devolved into wild physical fights between guests that were excitedly cheered on by riled up audience membersDuring the 90s more than ...  Show more