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  1. Last 7 days
    1. a plot device that is designed to misdirect the audience’s suspicions

      This happened a lot on CSI: Miami. In one episode, the crime was committed by someone who was made to be the good guy.

    2. Today, the police are the heroes and lawyers are the villains who impede their quest for justice

      One example of a show that has shown both would be CBS's The Rookie, in which they show how cops arrest someone, and an evil lawyer frees them. The Rookie shows good representation of both.

    3. Most episodes open with a shot of the Las Vegas strip, which identifies and locates theupcoming crime scenarios within a landscape that is familiar to the television audience.The camera then zooms in and travels across Las Vegas to what will be the opening sceneof the episode

      CSI: Miami is very similar to them, showing the crime, but instead of panning to a shot of Miami, they have the character at different locations with real names. While also showcasing some forensic stuff as well.

    4. Crime dramas provide interpretative perspectives that shape ourthought, in this case about crime

      This a very true. When CSI: Miami was running, and people watched the use of forensic science, jurors started to ask for it as well. The show had shaped the minds of people.

    5. we analyze CSI’s debut season and alsoinclude observations about the program today as well as its two spin-offs: CSI:NY and CSI:Miami

      As of today, there are a total of 5 CSI shows, including CSI, NY, and CSI: Miami, and the original CSI. The two spin off CSI: Vegas, only ran for 3 seasons, and CSI: Cyber only ran for a season.

  2. Sep 2025
    1. roadcast TV narration has a more dispersed narrationalform: it is extensive rather than sequential

      This is very true because in TV shows, you can do many things, but in movies, there has to be a clear beginning and ending due to their limited time.

    2. Non-fiction films have always had a precarious place in thecommercial cinema, and nowadays they are practically non-existent

      This statement is false because there are a bunch of non-fiction films that are still being produced, but instead of broadcasting, they also put them on streaming services like Hulu and Netflix, because not everyone has cable nowadays.

    1. a rise in the use of experimental and self-aware storytelling techniques

      Back in the day, storytelling was much different from what it is nowadays. If you were to ask an older person, they'll tell you how modern TV storytelling isn't that good. But ask a younger person, they'll tell you why TV shows were much better due to the new techniques shows tried.

    2. a rise in the use of experimental and self-aware storytelling techniques

      Back in the day, storytelling was much different from what it is nowadays. If you were to ask an older person, they'll tell you how modern TV storytelling isn't that good. But ask a younger person, they'll tell you why TV shows were much better due to the new techniques shows tried.

    3. he spread of high-definition TVs and digital broadcasting to the growing adoption of DVRs

      One example is the TV show Frasier. They updated the quality and releasing the older episodes. They also have remade shows like Frasier, but they weren't as successful as the original show was.

    1. When we go out to a meeting or a concert or a game we takeother experience with us and we return to other experience

      This is very true nowadays, as you go to a basketball game and it's a blowout, but the next time you attend a game, it could end with a buzzer beater. You don't know what could happen.

    2. A play was performed in a particular theatre at a sethour. The difference in broadcasting is not only that these events,or events resembling them, are available inside the home

      Nowadays, everything is online, so if you. missed the play while it was in the theater, you go on YouTube or some streaming website and find it for free or pay a small fee to do so.

  3. blog.richmond.edu blog.richmond.edu
    1. Extending Williams’s claim about how television’sflow was “the central television experience” (1974, 95)that kept us viewing for hours, regardless of particularcontent, the many flows of the Internet today draw usin around the clock

      I think it's very noticeable nowadays with "doom scrolling" and how one video can draw you in, and when you break out of the cycle, you notice how much time had truly passed due to how natural the flow was between each video, and ad.

    2. Given the expansion and fragmentation of television,and the rise of digital media (both offline and online),since the 1970s, it is more than appropriate to revisit andreengage with the concept of flow

      I wonder how they reengage the concept of flow. Did they talk to a bunch of people, or was it just based on one person's experience?

  4. Aug 2025
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    1. As an example of the generic approach to television analysis, I havechosen to discuss the most basic program format known to the medium-the situation comedy. I

      Nowadays, comedy is a very big genre. A lot of big TV shows choose to mix comedy with other things to make it more interesting, like The Big Bang Theory.

    2. For example, Soap Opera Digest has always covered primetime soap operas, even when that means placing The Young and the Restlessand Twin Peaks in the same category. It is useful for the fan magazine toattract both audiences to its pages.

      In a crime show magazine, they might show different celebrities' news, or might show other genres to help attract a broader audience to their magazine. It makes sense to show both to increase the attraction.

    3. the genre itself is frequentlyspoken of as an ideal set of traits that inform individual films. Thus, although many individual Westerns do not feature Indians, Indians remaina crucial generic element.)

      This concept of ideal traits helps movie directors and set builders make a perfect set. If they didn't have a set of traits, then it would be somewhat difficult to establish the ideal set in place. In love story films, a generic element could be a tragedy.

    4. In a similar way,literature may be divided into comedy, tragedy, and melodrama; Hollywood films into Westerns, musicals, and horror films; television programsinto sitcoms, crime shows, and soap operas

      This remains true to this day; TV shows are often categorized into one main category, with subcategories such as drama or crime.

    5. The term genre is simply the French word for type orkind

      In modern TV shows, they often align with many different types of genres, like crime and comedy, like Brooklyn Nine-Nine. Another example of a TV show having multiple genres is S.W.A.T., which is crime and drama. Often, types mix well with each other.

    1. ere were also early fears about the disruptive effects of television on theAmerican home and family

      We can see these being true on this day of day but with kids and iPads, iPhones, and game devices.

    2. Many commentators on early television suggested that the near-totalaention the medium was expected to demand from viewers would precludeviewing periods of more than an hour or two a day,

      Back then, people were just getting used to owning a TV, and what was on might not have been that good. However, nowadays, some people have TVs in every room of their home. They can be used for various purposes, such as playing video games or engaging in other forms of entertainment.

    3. Network economicstrength derived from a decade of rising profits from network radio,reflected in advertising billings, sto prices

      This is still true nowadays as well. Dedicated programs are going over different stocks. As well as they play ads to make up cost they are losing by making it free for everyone.

    4. e direction of the American television industry in its first decade waslargely arted by leaders of the radio broadcasting

      This isn't very true nowadays. Most people have Bluetooth and other devices that they could use to listen to whatever kind of podcast, news, or music they want. Back then, you listened to whatever was on.

    5. Broadcast regulation in the United States has been founded upon twoopposing principles

      What was the other side? We see one side of the argument, but they don't show what other people had to say. Did the other side of the argument not make sense, or what was the issue?

    1. elevision seemed to become a natural part of domestic space

      Nowadays, these expand into the world. When I go out see kids and some adults watching TV while eating or shopping.

    2. television itself became the central figure in images of the American home;

      This is very true because nowadays everyone has a device, and everyone can watch TV at their own time. This helps show that you live a very normal life, and to the people who don't live in America, when they imagine American homes, they see a TV and devices.to watch on.

    3. l that promised to bring Mom, Dad, and thekids togethe

      This is very true in many different households, but this can also cause issues between them, like what TV shows to watch or other small things, which could ruin a family's strength.

    4. his mother demands that he not goto the police, Jim begs his henpeed father to take his side

      How bad could it be that his mother would not allow him to get closure? Why does Jim have to beg his father for him instead of his father helping right away?