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Interactivity in children's entertainment
Using the popular, multi-platform, Catalan children's channel Super3 as a case study, a doctoral thesis at the UAB has studied interactivity in children's television and in Internet content. This research has tried to see how children interact with this type of entertainment...
The incestuous relationship between media and politicians
In democratic societies, mass media have been defined as the "fourth power" because of their social influence and their function as a counterbalance to possible abuses by the other powers. In this sense, the media are seen as a tool for invigorating the...
Animated comedies teach us television
The prime time American animated comedy, the best known would be the Simpsons or Family Guy, are characterized by the use of different genres, referencing texts from other cultural products and self-reference. Beatriz Gomez's doctoral dissertation has analyzed five of this series to reach the...
The impact of independent producers in television broadcasting
Television programmes we watch every day at home are broadcast by television channels but are mainly produced by independent producers. These firms are the result of a regulatory decision taken two decades ago at the European level: to impose television...
