The Dynasty Years documents and analyzes in detail the Dynasty phenomenon, an event in 1980s television which heralded a profound transformation of European television. From the operatic camp of Krystle and Alexis' fight in the lily-pond or the Moldavian wedding massacre to the unprecedented gay sub-plot, Dynasty represented, in the words of co-producer Esther Shapiro, the ultimate dollhouse fantasy for middle-aged women. Using evidence from audience survey results, newspaper and magazine clippings and letters to broadcasters and drawing on semiotics, psychoanalysis, feminism and critical...
The Dynasty Years documents and analyzes in detail the Dynasty phenomenon, an event in 1980s television which heralded a profound transformation of Eu...
The Dynasty Years documents and analyses in detail the Dynasty phenomenon, an event in 1980s television which heralded a profound transformation of European television. From the operatic camp of Krystle and Alexis' fight in the lily-pond or the Moldavian wedding massacre to the unprecedented gay sub-plot, Dynasty represented, in the words of co-producer Esther Shapiro, the ultimate dollhouse fantasy for middle-aged women. Using evidence from audience survey results, newspaper and magazine clippings and letters to broadcasters and drawing on semiotics, psychoanalysis, feminism and critical...
The Dynasty Years documents and analyses in detail the Dynasty phenomenon, an event in 1980s television which heralded a profound transformation of Eu...
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...
This study considers how television is and can be a vehicle for well-informed citizenship in a fragmented modern society. Grouped into thematic sectio...
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...
This study considers how television is and can be a vehicle for well-informed citizenship in a fragmented modern society. Grouped into thematic sectio...
Using a sample of European newspapers and their TV listings as a stepping stone, "Media, Markets and Public Spheres "presents an overview of changes in European public spheres over the last fifty years. With in-depth analyses of structural changes in press and broadcasting, changing relations between media, and changes in media policies, this book explores how and why the media decisively influence most aspects of society. "Media, Markets and Public Spheres" will be useful to students in media and communication studies and European studies, as well as for those studying sociology and...
Using a sample of European newspapers and their TV listings as a stepping stone, "Media, Markets and Public Spheres "presents an overview of changes i...
The Idea of the Public Sphere offers a wide-ranging, accessible, and easy-to-use introduction to one of the most influential ideas in modern social and political thought, tracing its development from the origins of modern democracy in the Eighteenth Century to present day debates. This book brings key texts by the leading contributors in the field together in a single volume. It explores current topics such as the role of religion in public affairs, the implications of the internet for organizing public deliberation, and the transnationalisation of public issues.
The Idea of the Public Sphere offers a wide-ranging, accessible, and easy-to-use introduction to one of the most influential ideas in modern social an...
The Idea of the Public Sphere offers a wide-ranging, accessible, and easy-to-use introduction to one of the most influential ideas in modern social and political thought, tracing its development from the origins of modern democracy in the Eighteenth Century to present day debates. This book brings key texts by the leading contributors in the field together in a single volume. It explores current topics such as the role of religion in public affairs, the implications of the internet for organizing public deliberation, and the transnationalisation of public issues.
The Idea of the Public Sphere offers a wide-ranging, accessible, and easy-to-use introduction to one of the most influential ideas in modern social an...
"Money Talks" explores the ways the concepts of money and capital are understood and talked about by a range of people, from traders to ordinary investors, and how these accounts are framed and represented across a range of media. This collection brings together leading writers and emerging researchers to demonstrate how work in media and cultural studies can contribute to debates around the meanings of money, the operations of capital, and the nature of the current crisis. Drawing on a range of work from across disciplines, "Money Talks" offers a provocative and pathbreaking demonstration of...
"Money Talks" explores the ways the concepts of money and capital are understood and talked about by a range of people, from traders to ordinary inves...
Technological and economic concerns have long been the drivers of debate about copyright. But diverse disciplines in the humanitiesincluding literary studies, aesthetics, film studies, and the philosophy of arthave a great deal to offer if we wish to establish a more nuanced and useful conception of copyright and authorship. This volume brings together scholars from a range of disciplines to explore the challenges inherent in translating aesthetics and creativity studies to concepts of copyright, especially as longstanding approaches are troubled by the rise of the digital."
Technological and economic concerns have long been the drivers of debate about copyright. But diverse disciplines in the humanitiesincluding literary ...