On Sat, 23 Mar 91 12:04:45 EST Goose said:
>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.
>
What textbook are you using, Goose?  And what course is it for?
 
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