Covers various aspects of television studies such as: theoretical perspectives which have shaped the study of television - Marxism, semiology and feminism; concepts which have shaped the study of television - narrative, representation and objectivity; television genres - soap opera, news and science fiction; and more.
Television Studies: The Key Concepts is the definitive reference guide to an area of rapidly expanding academic interest. Among those aspects of television studies covered in this comprehensive and up-to-date guide are:
- theoretical perspectives which have shaped the study of television - Marxism; semiology; feminism
- concepts which have shaped the study of television - narrative; representation; bias
- television genres - soap opera; news; science fiction
- methods used for understanding television - content analysis; audience research
- relevant social, economic and political phenomena - ownership; social policy.
Recenzijas
'The quality of the entries... is of high standard. Anyone who wants a primer to TV's key concepts can be confident this book will give them a grounding.'- PoV
Introduction. Acknowledgements. List of Concepts. Key Concepts.
Bibliography. Index
Ben Calvert, Neil Casey, Bernadette Casey, Liam French, Justin Lewis
