Television Studies: The Key Concepts / Edition 2

by Ben Calvert, Neil Casey, Bernadette Casey, Liam French, Justin Lewis

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415371506
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	07/23/2007
Series:	Routledge Key Guides
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	360
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Ben Calvert, Neil Casey, Bernadette Casey, Liam French, Justin Lewis

Table of Contents

Introduction. Acknowledgements. List of Concepts. Key Concepts. Bibliography. Index

Editorial Reviews

'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

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