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Suspense and Sports Television
The prolific sports scholar Allen Guttmann suggests that the careful recording of stats is one of several defining…
Is TV an Opiate for the Unhappy?
Sadness and television viewing are correlated in new data analysis.
Creasing the Celluloid Ceiling: More Female Roles on TV
A greater percentage of TV characters are female, a new study notes, but it's still mostly guys offstage.
Anchors Away for MSNBC Pair
MSNBC has pulled the plug on its experiment of having liberal commentators Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews anchor…
Pulling the Plug on TV as We Know It
Wilmington, N.C., is inundated in information as a test case for having all TV broadcasts in digital.
Men Dominate Olympics TV Coverage
A new analysis of NBC’s prime-time Olympics coverage shows male athletes receive more air time than women, but…
Oprah and the Downfall of American Society
A journalism professor finds a straw woman on daytime TV and, in the name of scholarship, knocks her right down.
Nation Not Yet Tuning in Digital Television
The digital television transition is under way, but so far it is not going smoothly. Now the presumed…
TV Can Turn Public’s Dial
Research suggests entertainment programming on television can and does influence viewers' opinions on public policy issues.