In this comprehensive textbook, newly updated for its second edition, Jonathan Bignell provides students with a framework for understanding the key concepts and main approaches to Television Studies, including audience research, television history and broadcasting policy, and the analytical study of individual programmes.
Features for the second edition include:
a glossary of key terms
key terms defined in margins
suggestions for further reading at the end of each chapter
activities for use in class or as assignments
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In this comprehensive textbook, newly updated for its second edition, Jonathan Bignell provides students with a framework for understanding the key...
A collection of essays which debates the past, present and future of British television drama. Writers, producers and television executives reflect on the changing face of TV drama, and academics present case studies on critical approaches, general topics and specific programmes.
A collection of essays which debates the past, present and future of British television drama. Writers, producers and television executives reflect on...
Featuring leading scholars of British television drama and noted writers and producers from the television industry, this new edition of British Television Drama evaluates past and present TV fiction since the 1960s, and considers its likely future.
Featuring leading scholars of British television drama and noted writers and producers from the television industry, this new edition of British Telev...
Sarah Cardwell Jonathan Bignell Lucy Fife Donaldson
An exciting new strand in The Television Series, the 'Moments in Television' collections celebrate the power and artistry of television, whilst interrogating key critical concepts in television scholarship. Each 'Moments' book is organised around a provocative binary theme. Sound / image reassesses the synergy between televisual images, and sounds and music, as a key creative interaction warranting closer attention. Through close scrutiny of visual and sonic elements, the book's chosen programmes are persuasively illuminated in new ways. The book explores an eclectic range of TV...
An exciting new strand in The Television Series, the 'Moments in Television' collections celebrate the power and artistry of television, whilst interr...
Sarah Cardwell Jonathan Bignell Lucy Fife Donaldson
An exciting new strand in The Television Series, the 'Moments in Television' collections celebrate the power and artistry of television, whilst interrogating key critical concepts in television scholarship. Each 'Moments' book is organised around a provocative binary theme. Complexity / simplicity addresses the idea of complex TV, examining its potential, limitations and impact upon creative and interpretative practices. It also reassesses simplicity as an alternative criterion for evaluation. Complexity and simplicity persuasively illuminate the book's chosen programmes in new ways. ...
An exciting new strand in The Television Series, the 'Moments in Television' collections celebrate the power and artistry of television, whilst interr...
Sarah Cardwell Jonathan Bignell Lucy Fife Donaldson
An exciting new strand in The Television Series, the 'Moments in Television' collections celebrate the power and artistry of television, whilst interrogating key critical concepts in television scholarship. Each 'Moments' book is organised around a provocative binary theme. Substance / styleoffers fresh perspectives on television's essential qualities and aesthetic significance. It reassesses the synergy between substance and style, highlighting the potential for meaning to arise through their integration. The book's chosen programmes are persuasively illuminated in new ways. The book...
An exciting new strand in The Television Series, the 'Moments in Television' collections celebrate the power and artistry of television, whilst interr...
