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[email protected] FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES TV TECHNOCULTURE: THE REPRESENTATION OF TECHNOLOGY IN DIGITAL AGE TELEVISION NARRATIVES By VALERIE PUIATTI A Dissertation submitted to the Program in Interdisciplinary Humanities in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Degree Awarded: Spring Semester, 2014 Valerie Puiatti defended this dissertation on February 3, 2014. The members of the supervisory committee were: Leigh H. Edwards Professor Directing Dissertation Kathleen M. Erndl University Representative Jennifer Proffitt Committee Member Kathleen Yancey Committee Member The Graduate School has verified and approved the above-named committee members, and certifies that the dissertation has been approved in accordance with university requirements. ii This dissertation is dedicated to my parents, Laura and Allen, my husband, Sandro, and to our son, Emilio. iii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This dissertation could not have been completed without the support of many people. First, I would like to thank my advisor, Leigh H. Edwards, for her encouragement and for the thoughtful comments she provided on my chapter drafts. I would also like to thank the other committee members, Kathleen M. Erndl, Jennifer Proffitt, and Kathleen Yancey, for their participation and feedback. To the many friends who were truly supportive throughout this process, I cannot begin to say thank you enough. This dissertation would not have been written if not for Katheryn Wright and Erika Johnson-Lewis, who helped me realize on the way to New Orleans together for the PCA Conference that my presentation paper should be my dissertation topic.