Reading Television

ISBN-13: 9780415323529 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 200 str.

Opis

How is it that television has come to play such an important role in our culture? What, in fact, does it tell us, and how are its messages conveyed? What is it we find so satisfying in the format of television police series, or in quiz or sports programmes, that we enjoy watching them again and again? Reading Television pushes the boundaries of television studies beyond the insights offered by cultural studies and textual analysis, creating a vibrant new field of study. 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.

Reading Television was the first book to push the boundaries of television studies beyond the insights offered by cultural studies and textual analysis, creating a vibrant new field of study. Using the tools and techniques in this book, it is possible for everyone with a television set to analyze both the programmes, and the culture which produces them.
In this edition, Hartley reflects on recent developments in television studies, and includes suggestions for further reading. His new foreword underlines the continuing relevance of this foundational text in the study of contemporary culture.

Spis treści

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

O autorze

John Fiske was previously Professor of Communication Arts at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
John Hartley is Dean of the Creative Industries Faculty at the Queensland Institute of Technology, Australia.