Lorna at Vicenza

Hi Maybe1day.

I have a lot of posts because I'm a huge chatterbox and I joined this forum 6 years ago. Bloody hell. Six years! Truth be told I spend a lot of time at home on my own as OH travels quite a lot for work. The kids were still very young six years ago so a lot of evenings were spent home alone when they were in bed.
Yep, son is now in prima media. The sad part of the bullying is that most of it has been done by lads who were his friends for the last five years, both at school and at football club. It's weird how they can push him into a puddle at school on a Wednesday and then send him messages on Saturday afternoon asking if he's joining them all for a bike ride. It's like they have to prove something at school and it's easy to pick on Alex. Like they're trying to prove themselves as big lads or something.

MarkRD

Hello everyone - Happy New Year.

Ital. 'mediologo' .... media expert? media sudies expert? I can't find any reliable uses of the word 'mediologist' in English. I'm talking about an academic.

thanks.

jonwel

"Media expert" sounds right to me. It's not a precise academic definition like "biologist" or "historian", it just means someone who's got himself noticed by writing a few books or articles (methinks).

MarkRD

Yes my thoughts exactly Jonwel. Thanks for backing me up!

While you're there...the plural of 'TV series' .. ? TV Series?

The ital. is 'le serie TV' which expresses the plural form through the article, but obviously not so in English 'TV series' which to me just sounds singlular. What would be a good way to convey the plural in English?

primularossa

If you are talking about an academic, you might use "media scientist". E.g. Umberto Eco is cited as "media scientist". (by google search)

in particular, social media science is a new discipline in between sociology and computer science (I know many scientific researchers that work in this sector)

MarkRD

Thanks prmula. Yes I've seen "social media scientist" but that doesn't work in my context.

primularossa

[QUOTE=MarkRD;the plural of 'TV series' .. ? TV Series?

The ital. is 'le serie TV' which expresses the plural form through the article, but obviously not so in English 'TV series' which to me just sounds singlular. What would be a good way to convey the plural in English?[/QUOTE]


Yes, series is used as singular and plural, like "sheep". One sheep, two sheep.

you may find many exemples on the web

grammar - Is "series" Plural or Singular? - English Language Learners Stack Exchange

grammatical number - What is the proper plural of “a series”? - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

MarkRD

Yes thanks again. I'd seen those too. I was just looking for a good way to express the plural in English where the article can't be used... "studies based on TV series" doesn't sound right to me in English .. whereas the Italian uses the article so you know it's plural "studi basati sulle serie tv" ..

jonwel

I think "studies based on TV series" sounds OK, but you can also say "some" or "various".

primularossa

Maybe the reader should understand from the context. It is difficult that "studies" (pl) are based on ONE series, unless you are previously talking about ONE specific series.

MarkRD

IDEA! ..how about using 'serials' .. TV serials ... or does it sound too much like cornflakes?

Garbatellamike

Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!

HADENOUGHPIZZA

Why not use the more generic TV Drama ?

MarkRD

Nope. They might be comedies...

jonwel

TV productions?