A companion to television / edited by Janet Wasko.
| Other author | Wasko, Janet. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., ©2005. |
| Description | xv, 627 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents |
| Subjects |
| Series | Blackwell companions in cultural studies ; 10 Blackwell companions in cultural studies ; 10. ^A448319 |
| Contents | The development of television studies / Horace Newcomb -- Critical perspectives on television from the Frankfurt School to postmodernism / Doug Kellner -- Television and history / Paddy Scannell -- Our TV heritage / Lynn Spigel -- Television as a moving aesthetic / Julianne H. Newton -- Locating the televisual in golden age television / Caren Deming -- Television production / Jane M. Shattuc -- Who rules TV? States, markets, and the public interest / Sylvia Harvey -- Public broadcasting and democratic culture / Graham Murdock -- Culture, services, knowledge / Stuart Cunningham -- Television advertising as textual and economic systems / Matthew P. McAllister -- Watching television / Eileen R. Meehan -- Keeping "abreast" of MTV and Viacom / Jack Banks -- The trade in television news / Andrew Calabrese -- Configurations of the new television landscape / Albert Moran -- The study of soap opera / Christine Geraghty -- The shifting terrain of American talk shows / Jane M. Shattuc -- Television and sports / Michael R. Real -- "Where the past comes alive" / Gary R. Edgerton -- "How will you make it on your own?" / Bonnie J. Dow -- Television and race / Sasha Torres -- Television, public spheres, and civic cultures / Peter Dahlgren -- Television and public opinion / Justin Lewis -- Reality TV / Annette Hill -- A special audience? children and television / David Buckingham -- Local community channels / DeeDee Halleck -- Latin American commercial television / John Sinclair -- Television in China / Yuezhi Zhao and Zhenshi Guo -- Japanese television / Shunya Yoshimi -- Change and transformation in South African television / Ruth Teer-Tomaselli -- Television in the Arab East / Nabil H. Dajani. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2005000692 |
| ISBN | 140510094X (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9781405100946 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Joyner | General Stacks | PN1992.5 .C615 2005 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |