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• Position: How television programs influence wishes - Brief Article

The popularity of the current explosion of new game shows isn't surprising, given the cyclical nature of television, maintains psychologist Frank Farley, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pa., past president of the American Psychological Association's division of media psychology. "Game shows have been around for quite a while, but we haven't had a heavy spate of them for some time," he points out, noting that "21" and "The $64,000 Question" were particularly popular in the 1950s, but waned when cowboy and detective programs...