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The view from academe: a professor of communication and media studies comments on yesterday's Golden Globe nominations, given by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to television and movies. How were The Wire and Battlestar Galactica overlooked? Good, though, that Big Love and Dexter - as well as 24 - were recognized. And over in the movies - Borat received the credit it amply deserved. But in what universe is Apocalypto a foreign-language film? Borat should have been in that category as well...
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The view from academe: a professor of communication and media studies comments on yesterday's Golden Globe nominations, given by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to television and movies. How were The Wire and Battlestar Galactica overlooked? Good, though, that Big Love and Dexter - as well as 24 - were recognized. And over in the movies - Borat received the credit it amply deserved. But in what universe is Apocalypto a foreign-language film? Borat should have been in that category as well...
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long version: Paul Levinson is Professor and Chair of Communication and Media Studies at Fordham University, author of 12 books, and a frequent guest on television and radio news shows.
short version: Paul Levinson is Professor and Chair of Communication and Media Studies at Fordham University
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