In your small group, answer the following two questions. At least one group member should be prepared to discuss your answer to number 1 when we reconvene. We'll discuss number 2 in a more freeform way.

1. Pick a key concept or argument from one of the essays by Parks, Lotz or Christian. Summarize the concept/argument and find an example that illustrates the argument/concept in some way. Your example can confirm and reinforce the argument, or, alternately, it might function as a counterargument.

2. We've now spent 14 weeks collectively thinking through the history of U.S. television studies and about TV itself. Has your thinking about television and TV studies shifted at all and, if so, how? How would you define television as the semester draws to a close?