Topic archives: Parks and Recreation
Tuning out: what does it mean to ‘give up’ on TV?
June 18, 2013 14
In an age where television is more self-curatorial than ever, there's no longer an excuse to complain that there is nothing on. So why are there people turning off for good in favour of books and radio, and how are these attitudes problematic?
House of Cards indeed: does the ‘Netflix model’ diminish television as art?
April 21, 2013 12
Many have claimed that House of Cards will revolutionise TV, but it has all but faded from cultural consciousness before its season would have even ended had it aired in the traditional weekly manner. Is the streaming service creating a television landscape in which the forgettable is supreme and the supreme goes unseen?