http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2012/04/17/framing-pay-tv-adorable-anti-cable-ad/ Sociological Images encourages people to exercise and develop their sociological imaginations with discussions of compelling visuals that span the breadth of sociological inquiry. Fri, 10 Apr 2015 08:55:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2012/04/17/framing-pay-tv-adorable-anti-cable-ad/comment-page-1/#comment-592876 Sun, 31 Aug 2014 06:12:00 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/?p=38535#comment-592876 Regardless, the people that put this PSA together had an agenda. And those terms aren’t being used in the values-neutral way you are using them in.

]]> http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2012/04/17/framing-pay-tv-adorable-anti-cable-ad/comment-page-1/#comment-552140 Fri, 04 May 2012 14:34:11 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/?p=38535#comment-552140 […] spot, for fear that money spent on cable would reduce money spent at theaters. Sociological Images notes that: So they frame cable as “pay tv” and counterpose it to “free tv.” They don’t, you might […]

]]> http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2012/04/17/framing-pay-tv-adorable-anti-cable-ad/comment-page-1/#comment-550870 Tue, 17 Apr 2012 19:07:00 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/?p=38535#comment-550870 Actually, “pay tv” is a legitimate industry term referring to subscription-type services. “Cable” merely refers to the method of transmission. By contrast, pay tv can be both analogue and digital terrestrial, as well as internet television. See here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pay_tv

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