"From Ken Burns's documentaries to historical dramas such as Roots, from A & E's Biography series to CNN, television has become the primary source for historical information for tens of millions of Americans today. Why has television become such a respected authority? What false…
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Featuring scholarly perspectives from around the globe and drawing on a legacy of television studies, but with an eye toward the future, this authoritative collection examines both the thoroughly global nature of television and the multiple and varied experiences that constitute…
Featuring scholarly perspectives from around the globe and drawing on a legacy of television studies, but with an eye toward the future, this authoritative collection examines both the thoroughly global nature of television and the multiple and varied experiences that constitute…
Television programs go to the movies: crossing boundaries in exhibition spaces -- Television's detractors go to the movies: classic representations of television -- Television stories go to the movies: strategies of adaptation -- Television producers go to the movies: transformi…
"Analysis of political advertising tends to give music short shrift - which flies in the face of what we know about the power of music to set a mood, affect feelings, and influence our perceptions. This book is the first to offer a detailed exploration of the role of music in US…
"[This book] charts the rsie of telly from the first demonstration at Selfridges and fear of the truth behind Mary Whitehouse's campaigns and the long evolution of Big Brother. Programmes from Crossroads to Christrmas specials also reveal how our society has changed - and how te…
Taking Foucault's notion of Governance--the conduct of conduct--Gareth Palmer applies it to a range of television formats which have loosely been described as "reality TV." Big Brother, Video Diaries, Judge TV, Ricki Lake, and Stupid Behaviour Caught on Tape use a technology of …
Taking Foucault's notion of Governance--the conduct of conduct--Gareth Palmer applies it to a range of television formats which have loosely been described as "reality TV." Big Brother, Video Diaries, Judge TV, Ricki Lake, and Stupid Behaviour Caught on Tape use a technology of …
