MMC 2604 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Binge-Watching, Super Bowl Xxxviii Halftime-Show Controversy, Super Smash Bros.
23 Oct 2018
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Evolution in context: audience viewership experience. Live tv to binge watching: shift from uniform to varied. Themes in television and the social space they occupy in our lives: educational. Use humor and songs to teach, explain tragedies like 9/11. Magic school bus and bill nye: make science fun. Televised debates: show how they are in the spotlight, how they react under pressure, can shift public perception to a more humanized image, arsenio hall (late night show) with bill clinton playing the saxophone during campaign. Bill clinton was the rst to really appeal to young voters ( mtv commercial: depending on political race and region, appealing through charm and how relatable they are is often more e ective than policy measures. High stakes cases/political trials/hearings: the menedez case. One of the rst televised cases: oj simpson case. Interrupted nba nals to show high speed bronco chase. Los angeles riots: four police o cers acquitted for beating up man.
