How TV can make you smarter /

"HOW TV CAN MAKE YOU SMARTER shows readers the real and numerous emotional and, yes, intellectual benefits of TV. Through a wide selection of diverse examples, author Allison Shoemaker provides the tools to taking advantage of our 24/7 access to this content and how we can rewire our brains to...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Shoemaker, Allison (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	San Francisco, CA : Chronicle Books, [2020]
Series:	HOW series (Chronicle Books (Firm))
Subjects:	Television programs > United States. Television programs > Social aspects > United States. EÌ?missions teÌ?leÌ?viseÌ?es > EÌ?tats-Unis. EÌ?missions teÌ?leÌ?viseÌ?es > Aspect social > EÌ?tats-Unis. Television programs. Television programs > Social aspects. United States. Nonfiction. Informational works.

Table of Contents:

Pt. 1. What is TV, and why is there so much of it?
What's TV anyway
and how is it not a movie?
How to survive peak TV
Pt. 2. Yes, TV can be good for you
The conversation starters: learning from Lost, each other, and ourselves
The lens openers: learning from artists and performers
The empathy generators: how TV allows us to live inside someone else's head
The creative challengers: thinking outside the box
The carousel: preserving cultural history Pt. 3. TV can be junk food, and that's okay too
To binge or not to binge?
Conclusion; how to love TV and not be totally daunted.