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Lynn Spigel

September 19, 2022

Ever since TV sets have come into our homes, people have been taking snapshots of family and friends posed next to, on, or in front of that television. On this episode of Inquiry, we talk with LYNN SPIGEL, the Frances Willard Professor of Screen Cultures at Northwestern University. Her new book is a serious academic look at these intimate photos: TV SNAPSHOTS: AN ARCHIVE OF EVERYDAY LIFE.