An Introduction to Television Studies

An Introduction to Television Studies

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Book Description

An Introduction to Television Studies is a comprehensive introduction to the field of television studies. It provides resources for thinking about key aspects of television studies, beginning with a critical evaluation of approaches that can be used to study television and introduces institutional, textual, cultural, economic, production and audience-centered ways of thinking about television. It outlines significant strands of critical work in the field, provides case study examples of how critical approaches can be applied to actual problems, programs and issues.

About the Author
Jonathan Bignell is Reader in Television and Film at the University of Reading. He is the author of Postmodern Media Culture (2000), Writing the Child in Media Theory (2002), Beckett in Television Studies (2001), and Beckett on Screen: The Television Plays (2003).

An Introduction to Television Studies,J. BIGNELL,Routledge,0415261139,Media Studies,Performing Arts,Performing Arts/Dance,Sociology,Television,Television - General,Television broadcasting

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