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TV in the MediaBritney Spears encourages kids to read. The Read To Achieve concert - which was, ironically, televised - hoped to encourage parents to read to their children to promote literacy, reports The Sun ...More from What The Papers SayThe Simpsons help us understand the meaning of life, says academic. Stirling University, Glasgow: Dr Kris Jozajtis is planning to highlight the moral role the animated family could play during an upcoming conference, reports BBC Online. "The Simpsons are in many ways a source of moral orientation, even on the big issues such as the meaning of life and where we come from," he said ...More from What The Papers Say TV Filter Negates Naughtiness. A Canadian mother invents a technology that mutes "nasty and naughty" words from programming. The "unspeakable" word list purges words like "moron" and "jerk," cleansing movies like Shrek for kids ...More from Wired News University runs course on Homer Simpson. A US university is running a philosophy course based on the wisdom and teachings of Homer Simpson. Students will study The Simpson's for Homer's religious and philosophical insights. A course book is titled, The D'oh! of Homer. The Animated Philosophy and Religion course is running at Seina Heights University in Adrian, Michigan ...More from Ananova Star Trek Tech Is Not So Bold. Star Trek is set three centuries in the future, but today's scientists are already working on technologies more advanced than the science portrayed in the show. ...More from Wired News UK children not coach potatoes. Children are more talented and active than their parents, new research claims. A survey for CBBC's Xchange website shows youngsters take part in an average of two out-of-school activities a week. And nearly half of UK children have more hobbies than their parents and 74% have better computer skills ...More from Ananova The Simpsons voted greatest ever children's TV show in UK. In the Channel 4 poll results, Homer and family "beat all the homegrown talent," says David Lister in The Independent, although he suggests that the programme is not so much a kids' show as "a satire on suburban life for adults" More from What The Papers Say
Student investigates scary Buffy.
A postgraduate student is planning to spend the next six years watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer videos as part of a thesis on screen monsters. As part of his PhD thesis Ian Stratton, 24, from Bath in the UK will sit through hours of his favourite horror movies and scary TV series
...More from the BBC | Visit BBC America Shop High-Definition Television Could Change Telecourses and Online Learning. Within a few years, specialized telecourses that make use of high-definition television, or HDTV, will be delivered over high-speed networks like Internet2. But some institutions whose students could benefit from advanced television technology may not have the network capacity to receive the courses ...More from the Chronicle of Higher Education Oxford University Press adds Homer Simpson's catchphrase to new dictionary. "Doh!" has made it into the latest online edition of the Oxford English Dictionary, reports The Mirror. Other new words come from such diverse sources as pop music, Bridget Jones's Diary and the Indian film industry, says The Telegraph ...More from What The Papers Say The BBC win Peabody Award for Walking With Dinosaurs. The BBC also picked up a gong for David Copperfield, at the ceremony in New York reports The Star, while Channel 4's 1900 House, Slavery and Howard Goodall's Big Bangs received accolades at the ceremony hosted by the University of Georgia's Henry W Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication ...More from What The Papers Say The BBC to screen "most shocking drama ever". "Religious groups are certain to be offended by the saga of on-screen killings graphically recalling the various deaths of Jesus's apostles," reports The Mirror on the forthcoming murder thriller Messiah ...More from What The Papers Say Bugs Bunny banned from TV for racism. A dozen classic Bugs Bunny cartoons due to appear on the Cartoon Network have been withdrawn by Warner Brothers because of "an unfavourable portrayal of blacks and native Americans," says The Mirror ...More from What The Papers Say British Students angered by militant image in TV series. Far from revolting, students have complained about their portrayal in soap opera Hollyoaks as militant protesters ...More from the Guardian BBC director targets UK students with BBC3 and BBC4. "BBC3 will be launched as an 'alternative' channel to draw young viewers from Channel 4 and satellite television. BBC4's £50m schedule will provide a 'highbrow' channel devoted to science, politics and the arts." - The Mirror... More from What The Papers Say No PC for Enhanced TV. Enhanced television is coming down the pike. The content is going to be cool, but the PC might go the way of the 8-track tape. By Brad King ...More from Wired News
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