Understanding Television Texts
Published on 15. July 2007
Book
Paperback/Softback
192 pages
978-1-84457-172-7 (ISBN)
Description
Sets out the debates that define television and examines how they can be applied to the study of particular programmes. By asking how production, consumption, technology and social change are changing our experience of TV, students are encouraged to consider and develop their own responses. Uses a range of examples from British and American TV.
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Series
Edition
2007
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Adult education
Illustrations
192 p.
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-84457-172-7 (9781844571727)
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Phil Wickham
Understanding Television Texts
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07/2007
BFI Publishing
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Person
PHIL WICKHAM is a TV Curator at the British Film Institute. He has written and lectured on British film and TV and is the author of the forthcoming BFI TV Classic on The Likely Lads.
Content
Introduction: Thinking about TV.- How the book works .- Studying TV .- How is TV different? .- PART I - CONTEXTS .- 1: Production Theories of production Production structures Production companies Technology and TV language Branding and marketing Public service broadcasting Scheduling.- 2: Audiences and consumption The television audience TV as a mass medium Television as a shared experience Regulating TV How we consume TV Audience theories Changing consumption Critical contexts.- PART II- TEXTS.- 3: TV fiction Theoretical considerations Characters and performance Narrative structures Authorship.- 4: TV fact Factual entertainment News Current affairs.- Conclusion Bibliography.- Index