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Solem, Allison, author O'Donnell-Allen, Cindy, advisor Sloane, Sarah, committee member Mao, KuoRay, committee member 2018-06-12T16:13:56Z 2020-06-07T16:13:56Z 2018 Solem_colostate_0053N_14694.pdf https://hdl.handle.net/10217/189318 https://doi.org/10.25675/3.018462 In recent years, the availability of media has increased and adolescents are engaged with some type of media for most of the day. However, television remains one of the most popular mediums in America, despite increases in time spent on other forms of electronic media. Scholars have studied movies and their potential as "equipment for living," a central theme in Burke's Philosophy of Literary Form that asserts that fictional works inform our values, experiences, and expectations. This study aims to prove that television is also equipment for living for adolescents, and that they learn school-specific lessons from programs depicting a schooling environment. By analyzing three popular and current television programs and looking for school-specific character archetypes within those narratives, this study aims to determine what lessons secondary students learn about the purpose of school and the schooling experience. The results show that current television programs reflect broad cultural views about education and include fears about bullying and school shootings, as well as assumptions that secondary schools do not meet the needs of all of their students. The study also revealed cultural perceptions on school staff as uninterested in serving student needs. However, some programs challenge stereotypes and present more realistic representations of students, teachers, and administration in secondary schools. born digital masters theses English eng Colorado State University. Libraries 2000-2019 Copyright and other restrictions may apply. User is responsible for compliance with all applicable laws. For information about copyright law, please see https://libguides.colostate.edu/copyright. Cheerleaders, jocks, nerds and "the man": popular representations of schooling in modern television Text 2020-06-07 2020-06-07 This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights (https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/). You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s). Master of Arts (M.A.) Masters English Colorado State University open.access