The Cosby Show

‘The biggest show in the world’: race and the global popularity of The Cosby Show

The Cosby Show changed the face of American television and set a new standard for representing African American families in non-stereotyped roles. It rewrote the book on syndication when Viacom required stations to bid for the privilege of airing the show (Heuton, 1990), and it fuelled the networks’ efforts to have the FCC’s financial-syndication rules repealed to allow NBC to share in the show...

The Show of Violence

Show me the data

The integrity of data, and transparency about their acquisition, are vital to science. The impact factor data that are gathered and sold by Thomson Scientifi c (formerly the Institute of Scientifi c Information, or ISI) have a strong infl uence on the scientifi c community, affecting decisions on where to publish, whom to promote or hire (1), the success of grant applications (2), and even sala...

Show us the model.

patients discussed above had never had out-of-body illusions before, yet direct stimulation of their brain somehow generated experiences quite different from those of everyday life. Is this difference a matter of quality or degree? Many people have had dreams of intense, prolonged falling, even though they have never fallen from such heights before. Perhaps vestibular-somatosensory responses, a...

Show me the money.