tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1948992453323836867.post1258946789055087157..comments2015-05-15T14:18:51.904-07:00Comments on TV THEORY: Core Response 4: Viewing TV Both WaysTara McPhersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09874394027026185133noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1948992453323836867.post-80056547787214024252015-03-31T19:55:54.448-07:002015-03-31T19:55:54.448-07:00Thanks for the shoutout and mentioning me along wi...Thanks for the shoutout and mentioning me along with Banet-Wesier! I'm in her Feminist Theory course right now and she just mentioned today that in Annenberg, her and Henry Jenkins are seen as the pessimist and the optimist, respectively, and these views on media and culture, being negative or positive about how it impacts citizens and society at large, has been a prevalent and important theme throughout this whole course, since we were divided by who agreed with Newcomb and who agreed with Gitlin. I'm kind of in between the pessimist and optimist views. My work on women showrunners reveals that there are more women creating feminist TV programming than ever before, getting recognition, responses, etc, but it's still not a lot of women able to do this work.<br />Same thing with Fresh Off the Boat, the TV show just can't be this groundbreaking thing yet, because network TV, especially network TV sitcoms, aren't there yet. It's still about catering towards that mass audience and the humor won't always be as savvy, or want that kind of content. But I think it's our job as smart audiences and academics and writers to let it be known, through our writing, that that's what cutting edge media should strive for.Stefania Marghituhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06487600559505468981noreply@blogger.com