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Peer reviewedAden, Roger C. – Communication Education, 1991
Explores an episode of the television sitcom "ALF" to illustrate how teachers can help students become critical consumers of television by teaching students about the medium of television using self-reflexive television texts. (SR)
Descriptors: Critical Viewing, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Television
Download full textMora, Raul A. – Online Submission, 2006
The following study explored the structures and themes found in a few episodes of a popular TV sitcom ("Friends"). Drawing on James Gee's ideas about critical discourse analysis as the main analytical lens for this study, this study discussed the language found in a sitcom and analyzed the complexity of structures and vocabulary in the…
Descriptors: Popular Culture, Discourse Analysis, Media Literacy, Television
Mora, Raul Alberto – Online Submission, 2003
American (and English language) television has gradually become a more influential factor in the way people are learning English overseas, as access to cable programming has widely spread across cities, regardless of socio-cultural backgrounds. What students watch on TV affects not only how they are learning the language, but also their cultural…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods, Television
