BUFFALO, N.Y. – Elayne Rapping, University at Buffalo professor emerita of American studies and media studies, died on June 7 in Atlanta, Georgia, following a battle with breast cancer. She was 77.

An article in the Chicago Sun Times about the new television programs that have emerged during the economic downturn – "16 and Pregnant," "Downsized," "Fairy Jobmother" and "Design on a Dime" – quotes ...