Television

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

The ways in which we watch television tell us much about our views of gender, the family and society.

The ways in which we watch television tell us much about our views of gender, the family and society.

When this book was originally published in 1976, video represented a new instrument, a new medium, and a new field of research with largely unrealized potential.

When this book was originally published in 1976, video represented a new instrument, a new medium, and a new field of research with largely unrealized potential.

Television Brandcasting examines U.

Television Brandcasting examines U.

This work brings together writings on television published in Quarterly Review of Film and Video, from essays by Nick Browne and Beverle Houston to the latest historical and critical research.

This work brings together writings on television published in Quarterly Review of Film and Video, from essays by Nick Browne and Beverle Houston to the latest historical and critical research.

Channel 4 had been a matter of controversy for years even before it came on the air in November 1982.

Channel 4 had been a matter of controversy for years even before it came on the air in November 1982.

This book, published originally in 1980, addressed the needs for a profile of televised violence which considered the advantages and disadvantages of various measures and for a furthering of research directions beyond the then-popular emphasis on children.

This book, published originally in 1980, addressed the needs for a profile of televised violence which considered the advantages and disadvantages of various measures and for a furthering of research directions beyond the then-popular emphasis on children.

Contemporary theatre, like so much of contemporary life, is obsessed with the ways in which information is detected, packaged and circulated.

Contemporary theatre, like so much of contemporary life, is obsessed with the ways in which information is detected, packaged and circulated.

In this moment of unprecedented humanitarian crises, the representations of global disasters are increasingly common media themes around the world.

In this moment of unprecedented humanitarian crises, the representations of global disasters are increasingly common media themes around the world.

Teleology brings together John Hartley's work on television.

Teleology brings together John Hartley's work on television.

This revised edition of a standard textbook combines an examination of the cinema and television industries with a detailed analysis of their aesthetic and semiotic characteristics.

This revised edition of a standard textbook combines an examination of the cinema and television industries with a detailed analysis of their aesthetic and semiotic characteristics.

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?

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.