A Companion to Television

Janet Wasko

John Wiley & Sons, 15 avr. 2008 - 648 pages

A Companion to Television is a magisterial collection of 31 original essays that charter the field of television studies over the past century

Explores a diverse range of topics and theories that have led to television’s current incarnation, and predict its likely future
Covers technology and aesthetics, television’s relationship to the state, televisual commerce; texts, representation, genre, internationalism, and audience reception and effects
Essays are by an international group of first-rate scholars

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Table des matières

Introduction	1

Part I Theoretical Overviews	13

Part II TelevisionHistory	49

Part III Television Aesthetics and Production	101

Part IV Television The State and Policy	155

Part V Television Commerce	215

Part VI Television Programming Content and Genre	289

Part VII Television The Public and Audiences	409

Part VIII Television Alternative Challenges	487

Part XI International TelevisionCase Studies	501

Index	602

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À propos de l'auteur (2008)

Janet Wasko is Professor in the School of Communication and Journalism at the University of Oregon. Her many books include Hollywood in the Information Age: Beyond the Silver Screen (1994), Consuming Audiences? Production and Reception in Media Research (1999), Understanding Disney: The Manufacture of Fantasy (2001), and How Hollywood Works (2003).

Informations bibliographiques

Titre	A Companion to Television Blackwell Companions in Cultural Studies
Rédacteur	Janet Wasko
Édition	réimprimée
Éditeur	John Wiley & Sons, 2008
ISBN	1405141468, 9781405141468
Longueur	648 pages

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