The Entertainment Functions of Television

List of contents

Chapter 1 An Unstructured Introduction to an Amorphous Area, Percy H. Tannenbaum; Chapter 2 Entertainment as a Sociological Enterprise, Harold Mendelsohn, H. T. Spetnagel; Chapter 3 The Power and Limitations of Television: A Cognitive-Affective Analysis, Jerome L. Singer; Chapter 4 The Audience as Critic: A Conceptual Analysis of Television Entertainment, Hilde T. Himmelweit, Betty Swift, Marianne E. Jaeger; Chapter 5 Entertainment as Vicarious Emotional Experience, Percy H. Tannenbaum; Chapter 6 Anatomy of Suspense, Dolf Zillmann; Chapter 7 Humor and Catharsis: The Effect of Comedy on Audiences, Thomas J. Scheff, Stephen C. Scheeie; Chapter 8 Toward the Integration of Entertainment and Educational Functions of Television: The Role of Humor, Paul E. McGhee; Chapter 9 Television News as Entertainment, Leo Bogart;

About the author

University of California, Berkeley.

Summary

First published in 1980. This volume is an indirect product of the activities of the Committee on Television and Social Behavior of the Social Science Research Council (SSRC). This is a collection of essays looking at the entertainment function of television in the United States.

Product details

• Assisted by: P. H. Tannenbaum (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.08.1980
• EAN: 9780898590135
• ISBN: 978-0-89859-013-5
• No. of pages: 272
• Weight: 660 g
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Media science; Media Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Entertainment, Radio & television industry, Film, TV and Radio industries