An Introduction to Television Studies

Jonathan Bignell

• Editorial: Routledge
• Año: 2012
• ISBN:
  9781136483264
• Edición: 3
• Categoría: Mezzi di comunicazione e arti performative
• Categoría: Storia e critica della televisione

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

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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.