Will the End of Televised Brutality Signal Real Change?

How America sees itself against the background of its tumultuous history is arguably one of the most urgent issues in media studies today. 
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Addicted to Distraction: How Reality Tv Has Us Hooked

In his revolutionary 1968 book War and Peace in the Global Village, Marshall McLuhan wrote of the human condition: “One thing about which fish know…

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The A&E Contradiction: the Two Faces of Rob Sharenow

A&E's president of programming was the author of novels examining racism and religious hatred. Now he helps lead the network's lineup of bigoted, racist,…

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A&E: Reality TV, the Death of Decency and the Masked Media

Americans at home and people around the world have watched over the past few months the unsettling and confusing televised images of fiery protests in…

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