roundtables

22. Television as 'Cultural Center' in an Age of Audience Segmentation
Horace Newcomb (University of Georgia); participants: David Marc (Syracuse University), Michael Kackman (University of Texas at Austin), David Thorburn (M.I.T.), Hollis Griffin (Northwestern University), Victoria Johnson (University of California—Irvine), Allen Larson (Pennsylvania State University), moderator: Tariq Elseewi (University of Texas at Austin)

Question: Where is the cultural center? With the segmentation of television programming and audiences, is there any form of broadly shared cultural experience such as that very imperfectly offered by 'network TV?'

David Marc's Response

Victoria Johnson's Response

Allen Larson's Response

David Thorburn's Response

Horace Newcomb's Response

Hollis Griffin's Response

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