Cutting the Cord
Over the last decade control of television has shifted from those who make and send the programs to those who choose and buy them, that is, from the producers to the consumers.
Read the text on p. 59 and work with the tasks in the textbook and below.
What's your opinion about TV?
TV and media consumers around the world tell us what they think of TV.
Binge-watching TV
Ellen DeGeneres talks about the binge-watching trend.
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Articles and Resources
Going Further
Links
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Millennials Find Watching YouTube Videos Way More Entertaining Than TV
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Audio: Old tech (BBC)
(bbc.co. uk) Alice and Neil discuss old tech and why the US Pentagon still uses floppy disks.