Talking Television in a Time of Crisis, Episode 8: Politics

Our special series “Talking Television” is back for a second season, now as “Talking Television in a Time of Crisis.” In this episode we discuss how television manages, amplifies, and contains our collective anxieties about the election and about other political issues, and we ask: How can we best use television to promote democratic aims?

Guest Scholars:  Matt Delmont [Dartmouth College], Sarah Kessler [University of Southern California], Kayti Lausch [University of Michigan], Roopali Mukherjee [Queens College], Susan Ohmer [University of Notre Dame]

For more on the participants and on this special series, click here.