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Television

This episode of “Happy Family” is very different from other ones I have watched. I’ll start by saying that I do not watch television very often and prefer watching videos on YouTube that teach me even more lessons and which are more fun. I didn’t really like this episode, but it’s a personal comment. Nice idea, but I would not have carried it ahead throughout the episode. It’s not the first time a story has been told through a computer screen, so it’s not at the end so surprising . It seemed like a long commercial for Apple products and a lesser extent for the series it self. What I didn’t like is not so much the commercial aspect (it is a giant product placement for Apple) as the communication mode. In fact, with the exaggeration, typical of the transposition in comedy, it’s a good representation of our lives. Multitasking, sharing, very little “span of attention” I think the episode would have worked, for what it wanted to say, even as a stand alone. In the sense that there aren’t too many references to the series. Like I have already said, I don’t watch TV very much, so I really don’t know what I would like and want from it. Television is slowly dying, there are other services that people prefer (Netflix, YouTube etc.), and they have to pay less or nothing and actually pay for what they want to watch and not for loads of other channels that they are not going to watch. I’m really curious, but in the same time afraid and shocked of what will happen to television and advertising in the future, which isn’t very far.

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modern family episode

I really liked this episode because almost all of the tv shows now a days are the same. They are violent most of the times and I think that once in a while it is good to give yourself a break and laugh.This episode was not violent as most shows and was quite original. I liked a lot how it shows only one point of view in order not to reveal the truth. It is also funny the fact that the whole problem of the episode was based in false facts and a little bit of paranoia. I was very pleased to see how the actual media was put into it by showing the computer’s screen. 92. I think that was a really nice way of making things different and it helps the audience feel some connection with the show, it is also easier to remember because instead of seeing at things from the outside like in most of the programs, the audience sees it from the inside they are looking at what the main character is looking at. 

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F1: TV, NOT TV, & BEYOND TV

Television scholar Amanda Lotz has noted that the word “television” seems to endure for a host of different kinds of content, even as the original delivery system called television is thought to be archaic, outmoded, and on the decline. With that in mind, I want to concentrate on your experiences of what television is, what value television has in your life, and how you make viewing decisions in age where the amount of available video content has exponentially increased.

I’ll be giving just a few background details on how scholars and critics think about television systems, how television developed in America, and where we’re at in the industry now. Then we’ll have a free-flowing conversation about your experiences of television.

The very last thing we’ll do in class is screen a recent episode of Modern Family called “Connection Lost.” It has a very unique style, as you’ll quickly realize. What I want you to do is write a <300 word review of the episode based on the things you value about TV. In other words, evaluate the show based on its execution of the thing you like most about TV. Do you need a serial narrative to draw you in? Are you so averse to commercials the show’s commercial nature turns you off? Think deeply about what you want from TV and what you like and write the review. Tag it as below.