Television

Written in an accessible and engaging style, this book uses a series of case studies to show how popular media are important to us, as a source of pleasure and entertainment, but also in communicating about the world with others.

Written in an accessible and engaging style, this book uses a series of case studies to show how popular media are important to us, as a source of pleasure and entertainment, but also in communicating about the world with others.

When you first heard it, you couldn't believe it: Jerry Mathers, from TV's Leave It To Beaver, had been killed in Vietnam.

In this timely examination of television and American identity, Cummins and Gordon take readers on an informed walk through the changes that TV has already wrought-and those still likely to confront us.

For better or worse, television has been the dominant medium of communication for 50 years.

Since late evening cartoons first aired in 1960, prime-time animated series have had a profound effect on American television and American culture at large.

Crime dramas have been a staple of the television landscape since the advent of the medium.

The new, second edition of this successful Handbook explores the growing and evolving field of Chinese media, offering a window through which to observe multi-directional flows of information, culture and communications within the contexts of globalisation and regionalisation.

This two-volume encyclopedia explores representations of people of color in American television.

This book explores how both elite and non-elite actors frame societal threats such as the refugee crisis and COVID-19 using both digital and traditional media.

This book explores the connections between drag stardom and contemporary sexual and cultural politics in the RuPaul's Drag Race franchise.

This book explores the connections between drag stardom and contemporary sexual and cultural politics in the RuPaul's Drag Race franchise.

This volume considers the different implications of the rise of streaming services and their particular acceleration during the COVID-19 pandemic.

This volume considers the different implications of the rise of streaming services and their particular acceleration during the COVID-19 pandemic.

This edited volume examines the current challenges to media freedom and democratisation in the Middle East.

This edited volume examines the current challenges to media freedom and democratisation in the Middle East.

Born in 1916 in La Jolla, California, Gregory Peck took up acting in college on a lark that would lead to a career.

For half a century, television spies have been trained professionals, reluctant heroes, housewives, businessmen, criminals, and comedians.

This biography profiles Jon Stewart, television's most incisive deliverer of the fake news.

Donna Reed has been called everyone's favorite mother and her recognition as such has stood the test of time.

A comprehensive look at the history of African Americans on television that discusses major trends in black TV and examines the broader social implications of the relationship between race and popular culture as well as race and representation.

Prime time soaps are often revered long after their runs on television have ended, as Dallas, Twin Peaks, and Beverly Hills 90210 readily demonstrate.

Tracing the "e;American Guerrilla"e; narrative through more than one hundred years of film and television, this book shows how the conventions and politics of this narrative influence Americans to see themselves as warriors, both on screen and in history.

Go behind the scenes of the most shocking, hilarious, controversial genre of entertainment: reality television.

A comprehensive look at the history of African Americans on television that discusses major trends in black TV and examines the broader social implications of the relationship between race and popular culture as well as race and representation.

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This book presents a new paradigm for attending to gender-based violence (GBV) social media discourse among marginalised Black women in South Africa.

This book presents a new paradigm for attending to gender-based violence (GBV) social media discourse among marginalised Black women in South Africa.

Peaky Blinders, a gangster family epic, set in the lawless streets of Birmingham post the First World War, has gained fans and admirers the world over.

A Sunday Times Bestseller'I Love You, Byeee is poignant and properly funny; a bracing dip into nostalgia, but self-aware, too.

Der in den Widerstandskreis der "Weißen Rose" verwickelte, vom "Volksgerichtshof" jedoch nicht zum Tode verurteilte Falk Harnack (1913–1991) profilierte sich ab den frühen 1950er Jahren als einer der wesentlichen deutschen Film- und Fernsehregisseure.

Drawing on a variety of perspectives and methodologies, this collection explores the intricate relationship between mis- and disinformation and the functioning of democratic society.

Drawing on a variety of perspectives and methodologies, this collection explores the intricate relationship between mis- and disinformation and the functioning of democratic society.

When television was young .

This humorous, snarky guide to dating and love, inspired by characters and authors from classic literature, will help you navigate the ins and outs of today's ever-more crazy dating scene with aplomb.

This collection explores the many ways in which the Netflix series Sense8 transcends television.

Seeing It on Television: Televisuality in the Contemporary US 'High-end' Series investigates new categories of high-end drama and explores the appeal of programmes from Netflix, Sky Atlantic/HBO, National Geographic, FX and Cinemax.

The story of Czechoslovak television is in many respects typical of the cultural and political developments in Central Europe, behind the Iron Curtain.

Seeing It on Television: Televisuality in the Contemporary US 'High-end' Series investigates new categories of high-end drama and explores the appeal of programmes from Netflix, Sky Atlantic/HBO, National Geographic, FX and Cinemax.

This book focuses on the emerging historical relations between British television and film culture in the 1950s.