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How TV can make you smarter / Allison Shoemaker.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Shoemaker, Allison, author.
- 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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