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Tag: Television
Racist cop shows, biased news fuel public fears of crime
Reading Time: 4 minutes Portrayals of violent crime in pop culture and media are skewing people’s perception of how likely it is to happen to them, says U of A expert
Resisting the chaos in search of peace
Reading Time: 3 minutes Just as in his reality show, Trump’s need to crush opponents and win at all costs leads to chaos. History shows us how to defeat him
Chernobyl disaster’s legacy still resonates
Reading Time: 5 minutes New interest in Chernobyl as the result of an HBO miniseries prompts U of A historian to reflect on 1986 nuclear disaster
The legend of Davy Crockett
Reading Time: 3 minutes Disney’s 1950s version of the life of King of the Wild Frontier was, well, mostly historically correct
Could BBC subscription reform work at CBC?
Reading Time: 4 minutes Once a subscription model is implemented, BBC will only survive if it produces content people actually want to watch
Oklahoma’s reality even weirder, more traumatic than Tiger King
Reading Time: 4 minutes Oklahoma has a long, sordid history of scoundrels who have found its red dirt fertile for all manner of dubious schemes
New Netflix parental controls a cure for kids’ prying eyes
Reading Time: 3 minutes Netflix Parental controls provide timely solutions for families at home on lockdown: PIN protocol, maturity ratings, activity logs and more
Don’t expect a pandemic to slow down the NFL
Reading Time: 4 minutes The league has a new deal with players, free-agency frenzy begins this week and big-time bargaining for TV rights is on the horizon
New vision for CRTC is dangerously radical
Reading Time: 3 minutes Critics believe recommendations have the very real potential to limit how freely Canadians can access the Internet and what content they’ll be able to find when they do