Teaching Television at GCSE
Published on 28. May 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
168 pages
978-1-84457-153-6 (ISBN)
Description
This stimulating guide, for teachers of GCSE Media Studies and English, provides practical advice for teaching television in the classroom and includes accessible references to key critical and theoretical writings.
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Series
Edition
2008
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Illustrations
168 p.
Dimensions
Height: 245 mm
Width: 184 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-84457-153-6 (9781844571536)
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EILEEN LEWIS is Chief Examiner for GCSE Media Studies for one of the English awarding bodies and Head of Media and Film Studies at Maidstone Grammar School. She is a BFI Associate Tutor and a freelance writer of several textbooks and resources for Media Studies, including Teaching TV News.
Content
Introduction.- Assessment contexts.- Schemes of work:.- TV sitcom.- TV advertising.- TV documentary and documentary drama.- TV drama.- Part 1 Teaching television.- Teaching issues .- Television in English .- Resources.- Part 2 Studying television.- A brief history.- Public service broadcasting.- Key concepts in Media Studies and English .- Forms and conventions.- Producers and audiences.- Messages and values.- Part 3 Case studies.- Introduction.- Case study 1: Dumbed down or spiced up? - Children's television.- Case study 2: True grit - TV soaps and their enduring popularity.- Case study 3: This country's national theatre? - TV drama.- Case study 4: The rise and rise of reality TV.- Case study 5: Whose truth? - Documentary and documentary drama.- Case study 6: Corpulent couch potatoes - A close look at TV advertising.- Case study 7: Murder and mayhem - Why we love TV crime drama.- Case study 8: Changing forms - The survival and subversion of the sitcom.- Glossary.- References and resources.