DePaul University Via Sapientiae College of Communication Master of Arts Theses College of Communication Summer 8-9-2013 That’s So Meta: Contemporary Reflexive Television and its Textual Strategies Katherine Lander DePaul University Follow this and additional works at: https://via.library.depaul.edu/cmnt Part of the Communication Commons Recommended Citation Lander, Katherine, "That’s So Meta: Contemporary Reflexive Television and its Textual Strategies" (2013). College of Communication Master of Arts Theses. 18. https://via.library.depaul.edu/cmnt/18 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the College of Communication at Via Sapientiae. It has been accepted for inclusion in College of Communication Master of Arts Theses by an authorized administrator of Via Sapientiae. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. That’s So Meta Contemporary Reflexive Television and Its Textual Strategies by Katherine Lander, B.A. Thesis Presented to the Faculty of the Graduate School of DePaul University in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in Media and Cinema Studies DePaul University August 2013 Dedication To Adam for Always Knowing That I Was the “Smart One” iii Acknowledgements I would first like to thank my parents for their sustained and unconditional support over the entire process of completing this project. Despite still being unable to coherently explain my topic to others (or to themselves, for that matter), their unwavering belief in me helped not only to motivate me, but also to have confidence both in my work and in myself. I would especially like to thank my mom, who seemed to intuitively know when I needed a break from writing or a simple word of encouragement, the way only a mom can.