Television

"e;Behind-the-scenes"e; stories of ranting directors, stingy producers, temperamental actors, and the like have fascinated us since the beginnings of film and television.

Screening Gender on Children's Television offers readers insights into the transformations taking place in the presentation of gender portrayals in television productions aimed at younger audiences.

Although television has developed into a major agent of the transnational and global flow of information and entertainment, television historiography and scholarship largely remains a national endeavour, partly due to the fact that television has been understood as a tool for the creation of national identity.

Although television has developed into a major agent of the transnational and global flow of information and entertainment, television historiography and scholarship largely remains a national endeavour, partly due to the fact that television has been understood as a tool for the creation of national identity.

In recent years, the US fake news program The Daily Show with Jon Stewart has become a surprisingly important source of information, conversation, and commentary about public affairs.

In recent years, the US fake news program The Daily Show with Jon Stewart has become a surprisingly important source of information, conversation, and commentary about public affairs.

This book examines television culture in Russia under the government of Vladimir Putin.

This book examines television culture in Russia under the government of Vladimir Putin.

Reporting for Journalists explains the key skills needed by the twenty-first century news reporter.

Reporting for Journalists explains the key skills needed by the twenty-first century news reporter.

Television entertainment rules supreme, one of the world's most important disseminators of information, ideas, and amusement.

Television entertainment rules supreme, one of the world's most important disseminators of information, ideas, and amusement.

This book is about the relationship between media and globalization, explored through the unique study of the global expansion of Discovery Communications, spearheaded by the Discovery Channel, one of the world's largest providers of factual television programming and media content.

This book is about the relationship between media and globalization, explored through the unique study of the global expansion of Discovery Communications, spearheaded by the Discovery Channel, one of the world's largest providers of factual television programming and media content.

This book examines the commercial speech of advertising as a cultural phenomenon whose social significance far exceeds its economic influence.

This book examines the commercial speech of advertising as a cultural phenomenon whose social significance far exceeds its economic influence.

Caricatures of sixties television--called a "e;vast wasteland"e; by the FCC president in the early sixties--continue to dominate our perceptions of the era and cloud popular understanding of the relationship between pop culture and larger social forces.

Caricatures of sixties television--called a "e;vast wasteland"e; by the FCC president in the early sixties--continue to dominate our perceptions of the era and cloud popular understanding of the relationship between pop culture and larger social forces.

First published in 1980, More Bad News is the Second Volume in the research findings of the Glasgow University Media Group.

This book presents a comprehensive, full-length analysis of the uses of media and communication technologies by different social actors in Malaysia.

This book presents a comprehensive, full-length analysis of the uses of media and communication technologies by different social actors in Malaysia.

First published in 1980, More Bad News is the Second Volume in the research findings of the Glasgow University Media Group.

The media have played a significant role in the contested and changing social position of women in Britain since the 1900s.

The media have played a significant role in the contested and changing social position of women in Britain since the 1900s.

The last few decades have helped dispel the myth that media should remain driven by high-end professionals and market share.

The last few decades have helped dispel the myth that media should remain driven by high-end professionals and market share.

In recent years non-fiction history programmes have flourished on television.

In recent years non-fiction history programmes have flourished on television.

Published in 1995, "e;Film & Television"e; is an important contribution to Film and Media.

In this book, Nathanson examines how contemporary American television and associated digital media depict women's everyday lives as homemakers, career women, and mothers.

In this book, Nathanson examines how contemporary American television and associated digital media depict women's everyday lives as homemakers, career women, and mothers.

Looking at a television franchise like Battlestar Galactica (BSG) is no longer news within the discipline of International Relations.

Looking at a television franchise like Battlestar Galactica (BSG) is no longer news within the discipline of International Relations.

Documentaries have recently become a favourite format for Chinese state-directed media to present an officially sanctioned view of history.

Documentaries have recently become a favourite format for Chinese state-directed media to present an officially sanctioned view of history.

Published in 1995, "e;Film & Television"e; is an important contribution to Film and Media.

You can present to camera, speak to time, read autocue, conduct an interview, write and memorise scripts; you have a showreel, headshots and a CV-but what next?

You can present to camera, speak to time, read autocue, conduct an interview, write and memorise scripts; you have a showreel, headshots and a CV-but what next?

Published in 1992, this was the first book to assess the impact of television broadcasting on the House of Commons and its Member's behaviour.

Published in 1992, this was the first book to assess the impact of television broadcasting on the House of Commons and its Member's behaviour.

This concise survey investigates the television general managers' and news directors' attitudes towards the elderly in the United States.

This concise survey investigates the television general managers' and news directors' attitudes towards the elderly in the United States.

The first part of this book assesses how television presents viewers with information - contrasting the 'official reality' of news and current affairs programmes with the anarchic view of the world put out by such as Morecambe and Wise and the two Ronnies.

The first part of this book assesses how television presents viewers with information - contrasting the 'official reality' of news and current affairs programmes with the anarchic view of the world put out by such as Morecambe and Wise and the two Ronnies.

Originally published in 1991, this introduction to studying the television audience discusses developments in semiology and cultural studies and their contribution to our understanding of the power of television.

Originally published in 1991, this introduction to studying the television audience discusses developments in semiology and cultural studies and their contribution to our understanding of the power of television.

Since the late 1990s, there has been a crucial and substantial transformation in China's television system involving institutional, structural and regulatory changes.

The years following the Cultural Revolution saw the arrival of television as part of China's effort to 'modernize' and open up to the West.

The years following the Cultural Revolution saw the arrival of television as part of China's effort to 'modernize' and open up to the West.

Originally published in 1985, this book surveys developments in cable television in the major industrialised countries with chapters specifically authored on each area.