Television

Is ‘Sesame Street’ really as good as preschool? Let’s ask a Nobel Prize winner.

Prof. James Heckman discusses study looking at the developmental benefits of TV show 'Sesame Street' for children


Can cable TV raise the status of women?

Emily Oster, assistant professor of economics at the University of Chicago, is doing research that shows improvements in attitudes and behavior in areas where cable television has been introduced.


Carmen Marti

Patrick Jagoda

Title: William Rainey Harper Professor, Department of English and Department of Cinema and Media Studies

Expertise: Film, Game design, Television

Departmental website: https://english.uchicago.edu/faculty/patrick-jagoda