Living Room Wars brings together Ien Ang's recent writings on television audiences, and, in response to recent criticisms of cultural studies, argues that it is possible to study audience pleasures and popular television in a way that is not naively populist. Ang examines how the makers and marketers of television attempt to mould their audience and looks at the often unexpected ways in which the viewers actively engage with the programmes they watch. Living Room Wars highlights the inherent contradictions of a politics of pleasure' of television consumption: Ang moves beyond the...
Living Room Wars brings together Ien Ang's recent writings on television audiences, and, in response to recent criticisms of cultural studies...
Written by researchers in Australia in the area of culture, media and multiculturalism, this book includes feature sections that look at a particular program, event or controversy. It asserts that SBS is one Australia's most significant and innovative cultural institutions.
Written by researchers in Australia in the area of culture, media and multiculturalism, this book includes feature sections that look at a particular ...
