This collection of essays brings together the first comprehensive study of TV drama in China. Examining in depth the production, distribution, and consumption of TV drama, an international team of experts demonstrate why it remains the pre-eminent media form in China. The collec…
This collection of essays brings together the first comprehensive study of TV drama in China. It is organised into four sections: 'Tradition, History, and Politics', 'Gender and Domestic Sphere', 'Production, Reception, and Distribution' and 'Co-productions and Pan-Asian Markets…
Self-representation and digital culture
This book is a collection of studies on political interaction in a variety of broadcast, namely news and current affairs programs, political interviews, audience participation programs and radio phone-ins. Following a growing scholarly interest in political discourses, dialogic …
Location Lighting for Television is the first book of its kind to introduce the problems of location lighting for single camera operators and provides an insight into the technology and techniques required to solve these problems. The approach is of a basic and introductory natu…
The first book of its kind to introduce the problems of location lighting for single camera operators and provide an insight into the technology and techniques required to solve those problems. The approach is of a basic and introductory nature, geared toward the student and tra…
Introduction: dare we look closely at television? -- Television and zerodegree style -- Stylistic crossover in the network era: from film to television -- the persuasive power of style -- Style in an age of media convergence -- Televisuality and the resurrection of the sitcom in…
"Style matters. Television relies on style - setting, lighting, videography, editing, and so on - to set moods, hail viewers, construct meanings, build narratives, sell products, and shape information. Yet, to date, style has been the most understudied aspect of the medium. In t…
"Style matters. Television relies on style - setting, lighting, videography, editing, and so on - to set moods, hail viewers, construct meanings, build narratives, sell products, and shape information. Yet, to date, style has been the most understudied aspect of the medium. In t…