MATTERS OF TASTE

October 08, 2012 in Television Cultures

"USS Triumphant wisely replied:

“There are casual fans…and then there are Trekkies. Trekkies come in three categories.
1. People who believe in the ideals and values of some aspect of the show on a religious or almost religious level,
2. People who are obsessed with the minutae of the show, and usually, canon, and,
3. People who find the stuff of the show - phasers, uniforms, Klingon foreheads - to be their playground of choice."

USS Triumphant identifies as a ‘pretty strong a number 1’, “with a touch of the third…and a tiny bit of the second.”

In this post, I look into questions of genre, and their associated ‘taste cultures’ (and assumptions), using HBO series Game of Thrones as a fascinating myth-busting example."
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REALITY - THE BEST KIND OF CONTRACEPTION

October 04, 2012 in Television Cultures

"Mummy blogger, Carolin @ Mummy Alarm expresses her overjoyed enthusiasm for watching childbirth on television:

“…I can’t wait to follow the birth stories of this season’s couples. Last year, I was pregnant with Amy and didn’t miss a single episode… I was watching the series religiously and soaked up every little thing like a sponge…”

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POST-BROADCAST ERA OF TELEVISION

August 02, 2012 in Television Cultures

"…in its spatial and temporal significance, in its embeddedness in quotidian patterns and habits; as a contributor to our security…television is part of the grain of everyday life.

Television as a digital medium therefore threatens to upset ingrained assumptions about the medium, but also the organisation of everyday life, social structures and culture."
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