They are always terrorized and chased by sadists and psychos,

The networks have gotten into trouble when trying to show nudity, so the other avenue to get viewers is to increase the violence.

Sadistic is the only word to use for some of these shows.

TV had always been the forbidden bad fruit in academia,

I understand the networks' position,

The study resonated because I was writing at a time when people were making amazing predictions about new technologies, such as computers -- saying they could save us from everything,