"This book posits an interconnection between the ways in which contemporary television serials cue cognitive operations, solicit emotional responses, and elicit aesthetic appreciation. The chapters explore a number of questions including: How do the particularities of form and s…
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Appreciating the Art of Television -- 1 Authorship and Agency -- 2 The Medium -- 3 Ontology -- 4 Interpretation I -- 5 Interpretation II -- 6 Eval…
1. Authorship and agency -- 2. The medium -- 3. Ontology -- 4. Interpretation I -- 5. Interpretation II -- 6. Evaluation.
Contemporary television has been marked by such exceptional programming that it is now common to hear claims that TV has finally become an art. In Appreciating the Art of Television, Nannicelli contends that televisual art is not a recent development, but has in fact existed for…
Contemporary television has been marked by such exceptional programming that it is now common to hear claims that TV has finally become an art. In Appreciating the Art of Television, Nannicelli contends that televisual art is not a recent development, but has in fact existed for…
