Professor Winzenburg is an academic, but the paper being cited here is not an academic paper. There is no evidence it was published in any kind of peer-reviewed journal. The paper includes no references or citations of any kind. The description of the methodology used to generate the table is brief, non-specific and incomplete. None of this is really a criticism of Winzenburg - this looks to me like an extended blog post informed by systematic but subjective (which he himself acknowledges in the paper) analysis of a relatively small sample of content from the programs he is discussing. It is, essentially, his opinion.
I disagree with Tom in that I am not sure how much value is in the chart with the numbers, and as I say, this is not a published paper (from what I can tell). The most damning thing about the paper is the claim that Jay Leno practiced biting political commentary. On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 4:46 PM, Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 4:57 PM, 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Here's the prof's analysis - >> http://www.stephenwinzenburg.com/yahoo_site_admin/assets/docs/The_Late_Night_Revolution.18273319.pdf >> >> There's a higher percentage of snark within that I would have expected >> from an academic, even one in media studies. Robert Thompson likely has >> nothing to worry about from this guy. >> > > I really don't recommend that anybody read that paper. A small part of it > is his breaking shows down according how much is spent on scripted and > unscripted segments. Then he goes show by show and gives his opinions about > the hosts. His opinions about the hosts have nothing to do with the > numerical analysis, and when I read it, I thought it was a project done by > a very young grad (or even undergrad) student and not a communications > professor. As an academic publishing a paper, he should at least have > gotten in touch with some producers and asked them why they chose to > structure their shows the way they do. This was a very poor effort and is > of almost no value - the only value is the chart with the numbers. > > -- > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
