Using our favourite Springfield family as a case study, Watching with The Simpsons examines the textual and social role of parody in offering critical commentary on other television programs and genres.
Jonathan Gray brings together textual theory, discussions of television and the public sphere, and ideas of parody and comedy. Including primary audience research, it focuses on how The Simpsons has been able to talk back to three of television s key genres - the sitcom, adverts and the news - and on how it holds the potential to short-circuit these genre s...
Using our favourite Springfield family as a case study, Watching with The Simpsons examines the textual and social role of parody in offer...
Using our favourite Springfield family as a case study, Watching with The Simpsons examines the textual and social role of parody in offering critical commentary on other television programs and genres.
Jonathan Gray brings together textual theory, discussions of television and the public sphere, and ideas of parody and comedy. Including primary audience research, it focuses on how The Simpsons has been able to talk back to three of television s key genres - the sitcom, adverts and the news - and on how it holds the potential to short-circuit these genre s...
Using our favourite Springfield family as a case study, Watching with The Simpsons examines the textual and social role of parody in offer...
Television entertainment rules supreme, one of the world's most important disseminators of information, ideas, and amusement. More than a parade of little figures in a box, it is deeply embedded in everyday life, in how we think, what we think and care about, and who we think and care about it with.
But is television entertainment art? Why do so many love it and so many hate or fear it? Does it offer a window to the world, or images of a fake world? How is it political and how does it address us as citizens? What powers does it hold, and what powers do we have over it? Or,...
Television entertainment rules supreme, one of the world's most important disseminators of information, ideas, and amusement. More than a parade of...
Satirical TV has become mandatory viewing for citizens wishing to make sense of the bizarre contemporary state of political life. Shifts in industry economics and audience tastes have re-made television comedy, once considered a wasteland of escapist humor, into what is arguably the most popular source of political critique. From fake news and pundit shows to animated sitcoms and mash-up videos, satire has become an important avenue for processing politics in informative and entertaining ways, and satire TV is now its own thriving, viable television genre.
Satire TV examines...
Satirical TV has become mandatory viewing for citizens wishing to make sense of the bizarre contemporary state of political life. Shifts in industr...
It is virtually impossible to watch a movie or TV show without preconceived notions because of the hype that precedes them, while a host of media extensions guarantees them a life long past their air dates. An onslaught of information from print media, trailers, internet discussion, merchandising, podcasts, and guerilla marketing, we generally know something about upcoming movies and TV shows well before they are even released or aired. The extras, or -paratexts, - that surround viewing experiences are far from peripheral, shaping our understanding of them and informing our decisions about...
It is virtually impossible to watch a movie or TV show without preconceived notions because of the hype that precedes them, while a host of media e...
64 ways in which an earlier forgotten science and technology was superior to our own. These are not merely ancient secrets-but knowledge way ahead of our own 21st century. Sixty-four ways in which an earlier, forgotten science and technology was superior to our own...today. You will learn of secret formulas that could revolutionize modern aviation, construction and medicine-advanced secrets our world once knew, and has forgotten. Discover how some geniuses of antiquity soared into inventions and plucked knowledge that our 21st century is just beginning to nudge. You may well ask, what else...
64 ways in which an earlier forgotten science and technology was superior to our own. These are not merely ancient secrets-but knowledge way ahead of ...
This story unfolds like a mystery thriller... the action packed, true, gripping account of the settling down of planet Earth AFTER THE TOTAL WORLD WIPEOUT... and its effect upon human history. The Corpse Came Back begins with the handful of refugees on board their survival vessel - the ship of Noah - and their journey into the unknown, new world. Of course, the skeptics will have their questions, such as: If the Ark floated above the mountains, however could they breathe in that high-altitude rarified atmosphere? How could the frail, timid platypus have migrated to Australia from Ararat?...
This story unfolds like a mystery thriller... the action packed, true, gripping account of the settling down of planet Earth AFTER THE TOTAL WORLD WIP...
Put yourself in this man's shoes, JUST HOW WOULD YOU FEEL? He is alone on the last day of his life. He has witnessed the stampede..people...animals...everything...trying to escape. The "thing" is sweeping inland. The sky is collapsing. Forests ablaze. A lingering survivor...in dazed disbelief...he re-lives the past few days. A news broadcast told of fissures opening up all over the world...hundreds of miles long. Hot magma spurting up...worldwide. And now he faces the end...All voices have died - except for the howling of the wind, the ear-splitting thunder, the relentless crashing of waves....
Put yourself in this man's shoes, JUST HOW WOULD YOU FEEL? He is alone on the last day of his life. He has witnessed the stampede..people...animals......
The one thing that isn't a secret is that our world is in a monstrous MESS A murderous mob has seized control of our planet. They have chilling plans for you and your family. The elite have sworn to suppress the forbidden secret, discredit it, and keep it from the public. They have deceitfully manipulated every aspect of our society--mentally conditioning us to doubt, ignore, or reject the survival strategy offered in The Forbidden Secret. But a powerful figure is set to smash their agenda. Meanwhile, a rescue plan is in place, and simple steps will guarantee your survival.
The one thing that isn't a secret is that our world is in a monstrous MESS A murderous mob has seized control of our planet. They have chilling plans...
