Television teaching: Parody, the Simpsons, and media literacy education

Critical Studies in Media Communication

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 223-238

  Gray, Jonathan ^a  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Advertising; Intertextuality; Keywords: Media Literacy; Media Education; Parody; Pedagogy; Television; The Simpsons

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745001468     PISSN: 15295036     EISSN: 14795809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07393180500201652     Document Type: Review

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