The 90s sitcom featuring Jerry Seinfeld influenced the type of cinematic television we are so familiar with nowadays.
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A recent study offers evidence that marine biology’s biggest stage is broken, and suggests ways to fix it.
The South African comedian has brought clarity and fresh perspectives to often emotionally charged political issues.
MASH was designed as a ‘black comedy’ set during the Korean War. It was really a thinly veiled critique of the war in Vietnam, which was raging at the time.
The daily deluge of information produced by the news media can drown consumers in confusion and anxiety, but there are steps you can take to filter out the noise and remain enlightened.
The Murdoch-owned cable network was extremely close to the Trump administration and its fans. Now, perhaps not so much.
The 30th anniversary of the American with Disabilities Act offers a chance to celebrate the greater inclusion of disabled Americans in mainstream society, but much work remains to be done.
Television’s Unsolved Mysteries – about to be rebooted – deals with true crime on one hand, and supernatural events like alien abductions on the other. They share powerful psychological bonds.
Dads are taking parenting much more seriously. But according to a study of sitcoms, the stereotype of the foolish father remains stubbornly in place.
For decades, there’s been a concerted effort by law enforcement to ensure their perspectives – and not those of people being policed – dominate prime-time television.
Amazon’s new TV series series divided the critics, but almost everyone agrees that it takes problematic liberties in its representation of Auschwitz.
Two new screen productions show us the nuances of growing up in Arab and Muslim migrant communities. They’re a refreshing look at stories too seldom told.
Demands for regulation of media violence reached a fever pitch after RFK’s assassination, and networks scrambled to insert more kid-friendly fare into their lineups. Enter: the Mystery Machine.
The programs that Americans of all political stripes like to watch seem to be united by a common theme.
Although the universe of “Game of Thrones” evokes the medieval era, several key figures in the series are directly inspired by characters from Roman antiquity.
A physicist reflects on the show’s made-up Nobel Prize-winning theory of ‘super asymmetry’ along with how the series showcased authentic science and role models for future STEM students.
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?
The HBO series can tell us a lot about how we view the Medieval world.
Dwarf wrestling is a spectacle that harks back to the Victorian age of ‘freak shows’.
Expectations were high for the latest project from the creator of The Simpsons.
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Senior Lecturer (Media Studies and Production), University of Southern Queensland
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Associate Professor of Narratology, University of Sydney
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Lecturer (casual) at Sydney College of the Arts; Adjunct Lecturer Auro University, University of Sydney
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Professor of Film Studies, Bangor University
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Deputy Director, Intellectual Forum at Jesus College in the University of Cambridge, and Researcher for the Department of Social and Political Sciences, Bocconi University, University of Cambridge
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Professor of Film and Screen Studies, University of Portsmouth
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Associate Professor of English and Writing, University of Newcastle
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Lecturer n History, The Open University
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Professor of Media Studies, Queensland University of Technology
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Lecturer in Journalism, Swansea University
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Professor of History and Director of the Undergraduate Program in Judaic Studies, Fairfield University
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Professor of Medieval Literature and English Literature, Bangor University
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Reader in Latin American Studies, University of Liverpool
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Knight Professor of Journalism Ethics, Washington and Lee University
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Lecturer in English Literature and Film, Manchester Metropolitan University
