Television

Why all the fuss over television?

What does the future hold for broadcasting in Britain?

What does the future hold for broadcasting in Britain?

Why all the fuss over television?

Covering all the major areas of television production, this in-depth work highlights the widely varying influences, difficulties and opportunities at work in the industry.

Covering all the major areas of television production, this in-depth work highlights the widely varying influences, difficulties and opportunities at work in the industry.

Charlotte Brundson's key writings on film and television are bought together with new introductions which contextualise and update the arguments.

Charlotte Brundson's key writings on film and television are bought together with new introductions which contextualise and update the arguments.

Trauma Cinema focuses on a new breed of documentary films and videos that adopt catastrophe as their subject matter and trauma as their aesthetic.

Inside Broadcasting provides a comprehensive introduction to a highly rewarding yet competitive industry.

Inside Broadcasting provides a comprehensive introduction to a highly rewarding yet competitive industry.

This book provides a comprehensive reflection of the processes of canonization, (un)pleasurable consumption and the emerging predominance of topics and theoretical concerns in neo-Victorianism.

This book provides a comprehensive reflection of the processes of canonization, (un)pleasurable consumption and the emerging predominance of topics and theoretical concerns in neo-Victorianism.

This work establishes a contemporary profile of virtue in professional media practice.

This work establishes a contemporary profile of virtue in professional media practice.

An Introductory History of British Broadcasting is a concise and accessible history of British radio and television.

An Introductory History of British Broadcasting is a concise and accessible history of British radio and television.

Tyler Perry has become a significant figure in media due to his undeniable box office success led by his character Madea and popular TV sitcoms House of Payne and Meet the Browns.

Tyler Perry has become a significant figure in media due to his undeniable box office success led by his character Madea and popular TV sitcoms House of Payne and Meet the Browns.

Reality TV restores a crucial, and often absent, element to the critical debate about reality television: the voices of people who watch reality programmes.

Reality TV restores a crucial, and often absent, element to the critical debate about reality television: the voices of people who watch reality programmes.

This new study from Ben Highmore looks at the seemingly banal world of objects, work, daily media, and food, and finds there a scintillating array of passionate experience.

Using our favourite Springfield family as a case study, Watching with The Simpsons examines the textual and social role of parody in offering critical commentary on other television programs and genres.

Using our favourite Springfield family as a case study, Watching with The Simpsons examines the textual and social role of parody in offering critical commentary on other television programs and genres.

Television Studies: The Key Concepts is the definitive reference guide to an area of rapidly expanding academic interest.

Television Studies: The Key Concepts is the definitive reference guide to an area of rapidly expanding academic interest.

Media, War and Postmodernity investigates how conflict and international intervention have changed since the end of the Cold War, asking why Western military operations are now conducted as high-tech media spectacles, apparently more important for their propaganda value than for any strategic aims.

Media, War and Postmodernity investigates how conflict and international intervention have changed since the end of the Cold War, asking why Western military operations are now conducted as high-tech media spectacles, apparently more important for their propaganda value than for any strategic aims.

Addressing the wide range of programmes and formats from news, to documentary, to popular factual genres, Annette Hill's new book examines the ways viewers navigate their way through a busy, noisy and constantly changing factual television environment.

Addressing the wide range of programmes and formats from news, to documentary, to popular factual genres, Annette Hill's new book examines the ways viewers navigate their way through a busy, noisy and constantly changing factual television environment.

Sarah Oates gives a detailed examination on a central theme in political science: the relationship between democracy and the mass media.

Sarah Oates gives a detailed examination on a central theme in political science: the relationship between democracy and the mass media.

In China, unlike in Western cinema, documentary film, rather than fiction film, has been the dominant mode since 1949.

In China, unlike in Western cinema, documentary film, rather than fiction film, has been the dominant mode since 1949.

Praise for New Documentary:'It's refreshing to find a book that cuts through the tired old debates that have surrounded documentary film and television.

Praise for New Documentary:'It's refreshing to find a book that cuts through the tired old debates that have surrounded documentary film and television.

This book employs actor-network theory in order to examine how representations of crime are produced for contemporary prime-time television dramas.

This book employs actor-network theory in order to examine how representations of crime are produced for contemporary prime-time television dramas.

Live broadband streaming of the 2008 Beijing Olympics accounted for 2,200 of the estimated 3,600 total hours shown by the American NBC-Universal networks.

Live broadband streaming of the 2008 Beijing Olympics accounted for 2,200 of the estimated 3,600 total hours shown by the American NBC-Universal networks.

This book explores the political, economic, and cultural forces, locally and globally that have shaped the evolution of Chinese primetime television dramas, and the way that these dramas in turn have actively engaged in the major intellectual and policy debates concerning the path, steps, and speed of China's economic and political modernization during the post-Deng Xiaoping era.

This book explores the political, economic, and cultural forces, locally and globally that have shaped the evolution of Chinese primetime television dramas, and the way that these dramas in turn have actively engaged in the major intellectual and policy debates concerning the path, steps, and speed of China's economic and political modernization during the post-Deng Xiaoping era.

This book examines the role played by the media in China's cultural transformation in the early years of the 21st century.

This book examines the role played by the media in China's cultural transformation in the early years of the 21st century.

Secrecy and the Media is the first book to examine the development of the D-Notice system, which regulates the UK media's publication of British national security secrets.

Secrecy and the Media is the first book to examine the development of the D-Notice system, which regulates the UK media's publication of British national security secrets.

How can we queerly theorise and understand television?

How can we queerly theorise and understand television?

Television studies must now address a complex environment where change has been vigorous but uneven, and where local and national conditions vary significantly.

Television studies must now address a complex environment where change has been vigorous but uneven, and where local and national conditions vary significantly.