Book Review: <i>Prescription TV: Therapeutic Discourse in the Hospital and at Home</i>. By Joy Fuqua. Durham, UK: Duke University Press

<p dir="ltr">Since its birth, television has often been seen as a menace for public health. Critics repeatedly allege the detrimental impact of television viewing on couch potatoes, while parents yelling at their kids “Stop watching TV, go and play outside!” became a well-known cliché. But does television bring nothing but harm? In <i>Prescription TV</i>, Joy V. Fuqua pushes readers to rethink these clichés by offering a rich and nuanced analysis of television’s role in modern society. Approaching this issue from a Media and Cultural Studies point of view, Fuqua examines television’s material and discursive shaping of viewers in hospitals and homes</p>