Get with the Program: The Medium Is Not the Message

Autor/in	Cantor, Paul A.
Titel	Get with the Program: The Medium Is Not the Message
Quelle	In: Academic Questions, 23 (2010) 4, S.435-449 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0895-4852
DOI	10.1007/s12129-010-9197-4
Schlagwörter	Internet; Television; Student Attitudes; Television Viewing; Television Research; Faculty; Teacher Attitudes; Beliefs; College Curriculum; Personal Narratives; Electronic Equipment + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Fernsehen; Fernsehtechnik; Schülerverhalten; Fernsehkonsum; Academic Staff; Lehrkörper; Lehrerverhalten; Belief; Glaube; Erlebniserzählung; Elektronisches Gerät
Abstract	With television having matured as a creative medium in the past few decades, it has taken its rightful place among the subjects scholars study seriously. Professors are now analyzing the meaning and significance of classic shows with the care and intellectual respect traditionally accorded to literary masterpieces. But some academics still resist the idea that anything of genuine and lasting artistic value can be found on television. This resistance seldom results from empirical study, that is, from actually watching the TV programs other scholars are writing about. Rather, it usually takes the form of a blanket condemnation of television as a medium, a dismissal in principle that relieves the critic of any need to bother with studying individual programs. In this article, the author explains why it is time for academics to get with the program, or rather with all the artistically sophisticated programs television has to offer. (Contains 9 footnotes.) (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Springer. 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013. Tel: 800-777-4643; Tel: 212-460-1500; Fax: 212-348-4505; e-mail: service-ny@springer.com; Web site: http://www.springerlink.com
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10