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Informationen zum Autor Dr Kristyn Gorton is a Lecturer in the Department of Theatre, Film and Television at the University of York. She is the author of Critical Scenes of Desire in Twentieth-Century Fiction (2006) and Theorising Desire: From Freud to Feminism to Film (2007). She has published articles in the Journal of British Cinema and Television , Dalhousie French Studies , Studies in European Cinema and Diegesis . Klappentext This book offers a comprehensive introduction to the study of media audiences as well as new research on the emotional engagement viewers have with television texts. It offers readers:*a detailed introduction to the history of audience research and an overview of the various competing theories on audience*a discussion of current debates within television audience research*an examination of the concept of emotion in relation to different aspects of audience research! such as feminist approaches! issues related to genre! and aesthetics*a small scale research project on television and emotion*workshop exercises! film and television references! internet resources and additional materials to accompany lectures and seminars.The book is designed to be used as a primary text on courses within media and communication studies and is ideal for a module focusing on television and audience research in particular. Although primarily aimed at an undergraduate reader! the original research on audience and emotion will also be of interest to postgraduate students and researchers in the field. Zusammenfassung This book offers a comprehensive introduction to the study of media audiences as well as new research on the emotional engagement viewers have with television texts. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: why study television?; Part One: Theoretical Background; 1! 'Desperately Seeking the Audience': Models of Audience Reception; 2! Personal Meanings! Fandom & Sitting Too Close to the Television; 3! Global Meanings and Trans-cultural Understandings of 'Dallas'; 4! Theorising Emotion and Affect: Feminist Engagements; 5! Theorising Emotion: Television & Film Theory; Part Two: Case Studies; 6! A Sentimental Journey: Writing! Emotion & Television; 7! 'There's No Place Like Home': Emotional Exposure! Excess and Empathy on TV; 8! Emotional Rescue: 'Sopranos'! 'ER' and 'State of Play'; 9! Feminising Television: The Mother Role in 'Six Feet Under' and 'Brothers & Sisters'; 10! Journey and Jeopardy: A Small-Scale Case Study of Emotion in the UK/Irish Television Soap Industry ...
