"In late 1995, the drama Heaven Above (Cangtian zaishang) debuted on Chinese TV. Featuring a villainous high-ranking government official, it was the first in a series of wildly popular corruption dramas that riveted the nation. Staging Corruption looks at the rise, fall, and rei…
"In late 1995, the drama Heaven Above (Cangtian zaishang) debuted on Chinese TV. Featuring a villainous high-ranking government official, it was the first in a series of wildly popular corruption dramas that riveted the nation. Staging Corruption looks at the rise, fall, and rei…
7 essays by leading media critics explore the politics and social implications of television." ... An important step into the past wasteland era of writing about the tube."--NYT Book Review.
'Canadian Television: text and context' explores the creation and circulation of entertainment television in Canada from the interdisciplinary perspective of television studies. ... It surveys the commercial and technological imperatives of the Canadian television industry, the …
'Canadian Television: text and context' explores the creation and circulation of entertainment television in Canada from the interdisciplinary perspective of television studies. ... It surveys the commercial and technological imperatives of the Canadian television industry, the …
An investigation of the cultural practices and belief systems of Los Angeles based film and video production workers.
"In Production Culture, John Thornton Caldwell investigates the cultural practices and belief systems of Los Angeles-based film and video production workers: not only those in prestigious positions such as producers and directors but also many "below-the-line" laborers, includin…
In der vorliegenden Arbeit werden die Akteure, ihre Merkmale und die Organisationsformen des internationalen Fernsehformathandels untersucht. Der Fernsehformathandel ist dabei dem Bereich der Beschaffung bzw. Produktion von Unterhaltungsprogrammen im TV-Bereich zuzuordnen. Seine…
Examines the development of television in India since the early 1990s and its implications for Indian society. This book discusses the rapid expansion in independent satellite channels, and in viewing figures, and the corresponding growth in ways of imagining identities, conduct…
This book examines the development of television in India since the early 1990s, and its implications for Indian society more widely. Until 1991, India possessed only a single state-owned television channel, but since then there has been a rapid expansion in independent satellit…
"This book examines the development of television in India since the early 1990s, and its implications for Indian society more widely. Until 1991, India possessed only a single state-owned television channel, but since then there has been a rapid expansion in independent satelli…
"HER STORIES provides an in-depth history of the production and reception of the daytime soap opera in the U.S. It offers a detailed view of the genre's life span-from its move from radio to television in the middle of the 20th century to its supposed demise (but continued after…
"HER STORIES provides an in-depth history of the production and reception of the daytime soap opera in the U.S. It offers a detailed view of the genre's life span-from its move from radio to television in the middle of the 20th century to its supposed demise (but continued after…
Publisher description: Where do program ideas come from? How are concepts developed into saleable productions? Who do you talk to about getting a show produced? How do you schedule shows on the lineup? What do you do if a series is in trouble? The answers to these questions, and…
"This reference work, the most complete guide to aired and unaired television pilot films ever published (or made available in any way, contains 5,190 alphabetically arranged programs, each with storyline information, performer and character cast listings, producers, air dates (…