Reading Television

List of contents

General Editor’s Preface, Foreword: ‘Reading’ television studies, 1 ‘Reading’ television, 2 Content analysis, 3 The signs of television, 4 The codes of television, 5 The functions of television, 6 Bardic television, 7 Audiences, 8 The modes of television, 9 Dance, 10 Competition, 11 Television realism, 12 A policeman’s lot, Conclusion: something completely different?, References, Further Reading, Index

Summary

Using the tools and techniques in this book, it is possible for everyone who has access to a television set to produce illuminating analyses not only of the programmes themselves, but also of the culture which produces them.

Product details

• Authors: John Fiske, Fiske John, John Hartley, Hartley John
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.09.2003
• EAN: 9780415323529
• ISBN: 978-0-415-32352-9
• No. of pages: 200
• Weight: 530 g
• Illustrations: Tabellen, schwarz-weiss
• Series: New Accents
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; Media Studies, Television, PERFORMING ARTS / Television / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies