The vast majority of stories told in movies, in books and on television conclude with happy endings – and this has real-world political consequences.
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Thanks to the prevalence of technology, children are exposed to thousands of commercials a year. How can parents make their children more aware of how commercials influence what they think and do?
Our current golden age of TV storytelling is influenced by comic books, in particular, one writer: Chris Claremont pushed boundaries and gave audiences strong female leads and deeply involved dramas.
Unlike many of his predecessors, the US president is no vulture of culture.
With the latest series of Black Mirror, Netflix is driving television to new levels of interactivity.
Take note anyone planning to purchase an 8K television in the near future: Australians may have difficulty accessing image quality that will match the screen’s potential.
It made for brilliant viewing, but Channel 4’s Brexit drama missed out on some important details.
People who use an appliance a lot save more from an energy efficient model. With the right app, they could easily get a sense of their own potential savings when they shop.
This year, The Conversation celebrated the 50th anniversary of 1968 with its first podcast, ‘Heat and Light.’ These are some of the most interesting stories we uncovered – ones that still resonate in 2018.
Some say the hysteria over screen time echoes parents’ worries that their kids were watching too much TV in the 1980s. But new studies show there’s nothing overblown about parents’ growing concern.
Writing Apu out of The Simpsons is a simplistic solution to the issue of diversity in media. Instead, we need to support programming created by people of colour.
Children exposed to scenes of violence may develop a view that the world is more dangerous than it actually is.
Even the Voyager spacecraft are controlled remotely, 20 billion kilometres away. It takes 20 hours for instructions to travel from Earth to the spacecraft but we can do it – using a remote.
As their kids get older, should parents should be more – not less – vigilant?
If you disagree with the political slant of the network, it might color your views of others in the room – and change your behavior.
The next time you watch a duel on television or in a film, it might be worth recalling the history and meaning of this very serious rite of honour.
Fifty years ago, an insurance agent named Paul Simpson was convinced of rampant bias on the evening news. So he embarked on a project to record each broadcast and store them at Vanderbilt University.
Fans have shown they’re willing to watch major sporting events on devices other than traditional TVs, but the technology is letting them down.
When covering Africa, Bourdain rejected the monolithic way media outlets have historically depicted the continent’s diverse cultures and populations.
‘Will & Grace,’ ‘The X-Files,’ ‘Fuller House,’ ‘Arrested Development’ – the list goes on. If we’re in the midst of a TV renaissance, why are networks and their viewers looking to the past?
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Senior lecturer in Screen Media, Victoria University
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Professor of Media Studies, Queensland University of Technology
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Former Honorary Research Associate, School of Media and Communication, RMIT University
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Senior Lecturer in Communication, University of Technology Sydney
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Associate Professor and Cinema and Screen Studies Discipline Leader, Swinburne University of Technology
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Senior Lecturer, School of Media, Film and Journalism, Monash University
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Research Fellow, Media & Communications, RMIT University
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Senior Lecturer (Media Studies and Production), University of Southern Queensland
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Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Texas at Arlington
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Professor of Political History, University of Nottingham
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Senior Lecturer in Sport Management, Deakin University
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Lecturer in Journalism, University of Technology Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in English Literature, Charles Sturt University
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Emeritus Professor of Cultural Research, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University
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University of York
