An Introduction to Television Studies
eBook - ePub

An Introduction to Television Studies

  1. 348 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

An Introduction to Television Studies

About this book

In this comprehensive textbook, now updated for its third 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 include:

  • a glossary of key terms
  • key terms defined in margins
  • suggestions for further reading
  • activities/assignments for use in class



New and updated case studies feature:

  • 'Every Home Needs a Harvey' ad
  • approaches to news reporting
  • television scheduling
  • CSI Crime Scene Investigation
  • animated cartoon series


Individual chapters address: studying television, television histories, television cultures, television texts and narratives, television genres and formats, television production, television and quality, television realities, television you can't see, television audiences, beyond television.

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Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. An Introduction to Television Studies
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. List Of Illustrations
  7. Acknowledgements
  8. Introduction
  9. 1 Studying Television
  10. 2 Television Histories
  11. 3 Television Cultures
  12. 4 Television Texts and Narratives
  13. 5 Television Genres and Formats
  14. 6 Television Production
  15. 7 Television and Quality
  16. 8 Television Realities
  17. 9 Television You Can't See
  18. 10 Television Audiences
  19. 11 Beyond Television
  20. Glossary of key terms
  21. Select bibliography
  22. Index