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Representative Biodiversity: The Ecosystem Of Cartoon Network, Carl Suby
Representative Biodiversity: The Ecosystem Of Cartoon Network, Carl Suby
Film and Media Studies (MA) Theses
As a capitalist organism the television program, as explained by Todd Gitlin, uses its slant to sell itself to advertisers with similar leanings on contemporary social issues to maintain its flow of revenue. However, this concept of slant does not account for the broader network, which, like the singular program, cultivates a catalog of programming into a singular slanted message becoming an ecosystem of shows relying on each other to maintain viewership. The successful televised ecosystem will then be home to programs who enjoy long runs and display an easily recognized shared slant. As an example of the televised ecosystem, …