There has been a surprising paucity of research into the term ‘televisual masculinity’, namely the broadcast media’s representations of masculinity. The primary focus to date has fallen upon masculinity as depicted in film (for...

Television and Aggression The effect of television violence on children has been studied extensively since the 1950s, and most researchers agree that what children see on television does cause behavioral changes. In 1982, the National Institute of...

At the same time radio began to achieve commercial viability in the 1920s, the United States and Britain began experimenting with "television," the wireless transmission of moving pictures. Although Britain was initially somewhat more...

Families and television are practically inseparable. Although television sets are now prominently featured in restaurants, airports, lounges, and the like, the center of television viewing remains in households and with families. The relationship...

For the band, see Television (band). Braun HF 1, Germany, 1959 Clivia II FER858A (VEB Rafena, Radeberg, Germany), 1956 Television (often abbreviated to TV) is a widely used telecommunication system for broadcasting and receiving moving pictures and...

The revolution is just getting started and it has already begun to make its mark. By 2010, it will really take off. By 2025, it will be the standard for all TV viewing. It's called Internet Protocol Television, or IPTV for short. IPTV works with a set-top box...

Don Imus is hanging his familiar cowboy hat in a new television home: RFD-TV.The radio personality, who returns to the airwaves Dec. 3 on WABC-AM, will debut the same day on the seven-year-old cable and satellite television station that caters to viewers with homes on...

ESPN and ABC will televise soccer's 2008 European Championship under an agreement announced Friday by the Union of European Football Associations.All 31 games will be televised in the United States: two by ABC and the rest by ESPN, ESPN2 or ESPN Classic. The tournament will...

The judge in the murder case against Phil Spector said Wednesday he's leaning toward allowing the trial to be televised and will make a decision after hearing from lawyers later this month.The 67-year-old music producer _ famed for creating the "wall of sound" recording technique...

In the following essay, Wallace offers extended discussion of the relationship between television and the development of image fiction in American literature during the 1990s.

In the following essay, Allen applies the phenomenological theory of reader-oriented criticism to the viewing of television.

In the following essay, Poirier examines the perception that technology—specifically electronic media—poses a threat to the cultural position of literature.

A look at the effects of television viewing upon children.

Examines the effects of television watching on children. Gives statistics for the amount of television watched by American children. Relates television watching to societal ills such as youth crime rates and teen pregnancies.

How television influences black culture.