Panel #8 – Inside the Box: Explorations of Television Content

What is Television: Panel #8 – Inside the Box: Explorations of Television Content

Moderator: Toby Miller, University of California, Riverside, USA

• Nichole Bogarosh, Washington State University, USA – Where are All the Baby Boomers on Network Television?
• Katrina Flener, Temple University, USA – The Commodity Form and Ideology:  Drug Discourses Across Varying Economic Models of Television
• Melle Starsen, Upper Iowa University, USA – Cool to be Cruel: Mean Spiritedness of Modern Children’s TV Sitcoms
• Paul Booth, DePaul University, USA – The Post-Network Social Network: Characters on Television in the 21^st Century

What is Television? A Conference to Explore the Past, Present, and Future of Television. March 1- 3, Portland, OR. Organized by Dr. Janet Wasko and the School of Journalism and Communication. For more about the conference, visit the website.