I have studied television and can agree with that source about TV
being good for close intimate things.  I can explain it to you but
unfortunately the only thing I have to back my claims up are my
textbook.  The reason why this is true is that television is an
inductive medium.  This means that telelvsion is better if one
uses many close-ups to explain a story rather than the deductive
approach where there are a series of shots progressing from a long
shot to a close-up.  It is an intimate medium also because the screen
is relatively small and it generally reaches us in our homes which,
in the farthest sense, is an intimate place.
 
I hope this makes sense to you...and it answers your question approp-
riately.
 
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