Teleliteracy: Taking Television SeriouslyArguing for respect and serious attention to be given to the medium of television, this manifesto takes on the conventional wisdom about TV, challenging allegations that it discourages literacy and encourages violence. David Bianculli seeks to define, explore and embrace the mass medium, heralding television as an ideal forum for art, information and education. |
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A MEDIA MANIFESTO | 63 |
TV Can Be Literacys Friend as Well as Its Foe | 78 |
Television Deserves More Respect | 107 |
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