Television and the Self

Edited by Kathleen M. Ryan and Deborah A. Macey - Contributions by Tanja N. Aho; Andrée E. C. Betancourt; Amy C. Duvall; Jennifer G. Hall; Michael Johnson; Susan G. Kahlenberg; Amanda S. McClain; Brian McKernan; Cynthia J. Miller; Marcelina Piotrowski; A.

Media scholars attempt to assess how the media informs and shapes the way we view our lives. This book explores the multiple influences of television in a media landscape that is becoming increasingly fractured.

Chapter 1: IntroductionKathleen M. Ryan & Deborah A. MaceyPart 1: The Electronic Hearth, or the (un)Real WorldChapter 2: The Way We Were: Ritual, Memory and TelevsionLeah A. RosenbergChapter 3: Becoming-Spectator: Tracing Global Becoming Through Polish Television in a Canadian Family RoomMarcelina PiotrowskiPart 2: Father (and Mother) Knows BestChapter 4: As Seen On TV: Media Influences of Pregnancy and Birth NarrativesJennifer G. HallChapter 5: All About My HBO Mothers: Talking Back to Carmela Soprano and Ruth FisherAndrée E. C. BetancourtChapter 6: Mad Hatters: The Bad Dads of AMCDavid StatonPart 3: Family TiesChapter 7: Family Communication and Television: Viewing, Identification, and Evaluation of Televised Family Communication ModelsEllen E. Stiffler, Lynne M. Webb, and Amy C. DuvallChapter 8: Reality Check: Real Housewives and Fan Discourses on Parenting and FamilyJingsi Christina Wu and Brian McKernanChapter 9: Keeping Up with Contradictory Family Values: The Voice of the KardashiansAmanda S. McClainPart 4: The Facts of LifeChapter 10: The Selling of Gender-Role Stereotyping: A Content Analysis of Toy Commercials Airing on NickelodeonSusan G. KahlenbergChapter 11: "Stand by, Space Rangers": Interstellar Lessons in Early Cold-War MasculinityCynthia J. Miller and A. Bowdoin Van RiperChapter 12: The Avengers and Feminist Identity Development: Learning the Example of Critical Resistance from Cathy GaleRobin Redmond WrightChapter 13: Juno for Real: Negotiating Teenage Sexuality, Pregnancy, and Love in MTV's 16 and Pregnant/Teen MomTanja N. Aho.Part 5: As Not Seen on TVChapter 14: Race, Aging and Gay In/visibility on U.S. TelevsionMichael Johnson, Jr.Chapter 15: Eighty is Still Eighty, but Everyone Else Needs to Look Twenty-Five: The Fascination with Betty White Despite our Obsession with YouthDeborah A. Macey