Tagged: television

Best fiction of the 21st century?

NIU English faculty members weigh in on top novels, other works

  • March 24, 2016
OK, we are somewhere between ankle and knee deep into the 21st century. From a literary perspective, what does the new era have to show for itself? By the time…

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Speak Your Mind

Is this a new golden age of television?

  • January 14, 2016
The recent Golden Globe Awards ceremony got us thinking about how television programming has evolved over the last decade. In the accompanying Speak Your Mind video we ask: “Are we in…

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Power behind the throne

History, modern media converge in NIU course on HBO’s ‘Game of Thrones’

  • April 8, 2015
For 20 NIU students, “Game of Thrones” isn’t merely the most entertaining show on television—it’s also among the most thought-provoking classes on campus this spring. At the suggestion of a…

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Why Brian Williams must go

NIU’s Jason Akst says NBC anchor’s inaccuracies tragically damage journalism

  • February 16, 2015
An Internet meme shows a close-up of Brian Williams, the NBC “Nightly News” anchor recently suspended for six months without pay for lying to his audience. The caption reads, “So…

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Money for Nothing?

  • January 27, 2015
Do super-expensive Super Bowl commercials warrant the cost? Once the game is over and the champion crowned, millions of Americans will spend the morning after the Super Bowl rehashing the…

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