Kevin, I agree with a lot of what you said here. I am teaching at a
community college institution right now, and I've got an interesting cohort
of students. Some are super talented high school juniors and seniors,
taking college courses for free because the state of Ohio allows this. Some
are
A college student in Chicago was able to get funding for a symposium
and series of workshops about Jersey Shore. Apparently we now
discuss reality TV the same way we discuss classic art, literature,
cinema, or music.
I beg to differ.
If we, as a culture, spend a large portion of our discretionary time with
media, shouldn't we study it? Shouldn't we have symposia where we discuss
why reality TV is so popular? What it might be doing to our culture?
I'm sort of shocked hearing that statement coming from you,
On Sun, Oct 30, 2011 at 9:34 PM, Karla Robinson
karlasrobin...@zoominternet.net wrote:
I beg to differ.
If we, as a culture, spend a large portion of our discretionary time with
media, shouldn't we study it? Shouldn't we have symposia where we discuss
why reality TV is so popular? What it
On Sun, Oct 30, 2011 at 9:34 PM, Karla Robinson
karlasrobin...@zoominternet.net wrote:
I beg to differ.
If we, as a culture, spend a large portion of our discretionary time with
media, shouldn't we study it? Shouldn't we have symposia where we discuss
why reality TV is so popular? What it
