Humiliation

Shame TV: Why Humiliation Sells on American Idol and Others

Tom Alderman | Posted 02.13.2008 | Media

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Tom Alderman

Our media is shaped by the content of our culture, so how do we account for this coarsening of our culture, this growth of Shame TV?

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The Subtext of Confession

Steven Denlinger | Posted 11.01.2007 | Home

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Steven Denlinger

THE BISHOP paused. He glanced back at me sitting there. He seemed to look directly into my soul, his eyes intense, passionate. My eyes dropped. I...

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