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ERIC Number: EJ293037
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1984
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The New Literacy: Television, Purveyor of Modern Myth.
Foster, Harold M.
English Journal, v73 n2 p26-30 Feb 1984
Suggests that television's imaginative hold on its viewers is produced by its use of primal mythological stories and powerful ritual narratives. (MM)
Descriptors: Mass Media Effects, Mythology, Narration, Television, Television Commercials, Television Viewing, Visual Literacy
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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