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How TV can make you smarter / Allison Shoemaker.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Shoemaker, Allison, author.
Contributor:
ProQuest ebook central.
Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
Series:
HOW series (Chronicle Books (Firm))
How series
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Television programs--United States.
Television programs.
Television programs--Social aspects.
United States.
Television programs--Social aspects--United States.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (112 pages.)
Place of Publication:
San Francisco, CA : Chronicle Books, [2020]
System Details:
text file
Contents:
Pt. 1. What is TV, and why is there so much of it?
What's TV anyway
and how is it not a movie?
How to survive peak TV
Pt. 2. Yes, TV can be good for you
The conversation starters: learning from Lost, each other, and ourselves
The lens openers: learning from artists and performers
The empathy generators: how TV allows us to live inside someone else's head
The creative challengers: thinking outside the box
The carousel: preserving cultural history Pt. 3. TV can be junk food, and that's okay too
To binge or not to binge?
Conclusion; how to love TV and not be totally daunted.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
Description based on print version record.
Local Notes:
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
ISBN:
9781797203492
1797203495
Publisher Number:
40031098643
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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