Levine

It's interesting that Laguna Beach and The Hills rely on montage and conferred meaning to act as the main narrative for a television show. What other media examples -- aside from the soap opera genre -- are there that rely strictly on the audience reading into "nothing" (aka vapid stares, etc)?

How has this changed or not changed the way that media is consumed and appreciated?

What are the social consequences of representing heterosexual romance as inevitably dramatic? Are there any?

Mittell

Television has systematically become naturalized by many as a drug. What other non-narcotic cultural products may also be naturalized as drugs and therefore stigmatized?

The TV Turn-off and TV Free America movements are clearly interested in agenda setting. What other agendas may be fueled directly or indirectly by these movements and their suppositions?