Television and Common Knowledge

ISBN-13: 9780415189293 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 220 str.

Jostein Gripsrud

Opis

This study considers how television is and can be a vehicle for well-informed citizenship in a fragmented modern society. Grouped into thematic sections, contributors first examine how common knowledge is assumed and produced across the huge social, cultural and geographical gulfs that characterize modern society, and investigate the role of television as the primary medium for the production and dissemination of knowledge. Later contributions concentrate on specific TV genres such as news, documentary, political discussions, and popular science programmes, considering the changing ways in which they attempt to inform audiences, and how they are actually made meaningful by viewers.

Recenzje

'contains an impressive range of contributions' - Keith Negus, Goldsmith's College, University of London

O autorze

Jostein Gripsrud in Professor of Media Studies at the University of Bergen, Norway.