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2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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Critical Analysis of Daytime Talk
Jane Shattuc goes into detail analzying four major daytime talk shows of the early 1990's and how they reflect womens issues and ideas. She does extensive (not to mention exhaustive) research on how talk shows are made, who watches talk shows, and what talk show topics reflect in today's society. I found some of her analyzations a bit long (ex: a long chapter on...
Published on November 23, 1998
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Interesting talk show book lacks excitement
The Talking Cure is a well researched and written book about talk shows and how they provide a platform for women's issues. Jane Shattuc does an excellent job using outside information and her own surveys and focus groups to provide the background and evidence that talk shows actually do more help than hurt to American society. Each chapter outlines a different...
Published on December 3, 1998
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3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Interesting talk show book lacks excitement,
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This review is from: The Talking Cure: TV Talk Shows and Women (Paperback)
The Talking Cure is a well researched and written book about talk shows and how they provide a platform for women's issues. Jane Shattuc does an excellent job using outside information and her own surveys and focus groups to provide the background and evidence that talk shows actually do more help than hurt to American society. Each chapter outlines a different aspect of a talk show, from the production to a study of who watches the programs. The book provides lots of information on talk shows in the early 1990's and Shattuc's critical analysis of the genre leaves the reader wondering what exactly he/she thinks about talk shows.
2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Critical Analysis of Daytime Talk,
By A Customer
This review is from: The Talking Cure: TV Talk Shows and Women (Paperback)
Jane Shattuc goes into detail analzying four major daytime talk shows of the early 1990's and how they reflect womens issues and ideas. She does extensive (not to mention exhaustive) research on how talk shows are made, who watches talk shows, and what talk show topics reflect in today's society. I found some of her analyzations a bit long (ex: a long chapter on Freudian psychology), but the undertones of each talk show topic (re: feminist ideals) and how talk shows were made did spark some interest. Shattuc's use of lots of quotes and facts does provide adequite information for one's own critical analysis of the talk show genre. The Talking Cure is a good book if you're looking for something that will make you think.
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The Talking Cure: TV Talk Shows and Women by Jane Shattuc (Paperback - January 24, 1997)
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