Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008
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A further note on some of these TV shows: “The Simpsons” and “Family Guy” are two of the most popular TV shows in the United States as well. Considering that Americans tend to specialize in slap-stick and even culturally sophisticated humor whereas Swedish humor is usually quite dry, it ...
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Tuesday, April 1st, 2008
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Now, we discuss whether the cultural traffic between the United States and Sweden is one-way or two-way. After the two World Wars, the world became a much smaller place. Humans discovered that their activities were capable of destroying all life on earth. Countries banded together and international organizations were ...
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Monday, March 31st, 2008
Cultural exchange is a big thing in our contemporary political and educational world. But it's awfully unbalanced a lot of the time. When I studied in Sweden, I had the opportunity to survey some Swedish students about their views on the effects of American popular media on Sweden.
An unbearably cute ...
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Wednesday, February 27th, 2008
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Does anyone have any idea where I'm getting at yet? Do you watch The Bachelor or any of those other shows that are meant to show the ugliest and, theoretically, most beautiful sides of the love between a man and a woman (I'm not sure American TV would ...
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Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
Imagine gathering a group of strangers and putting them in close promixity together in a foreign environment with some sort of goal in mind. Then you watch to see what happens.
Does any of this sound familiar?
Yeah, it's the fundamental formula used for most reality TV shows.
It is also the basic ...
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