Television category: 3830 books
Canadian Television
Text and Context
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012
Canadian Television: Text and Context explores the creation and circulation of entertainment television in Canada from the interdisciplinary perspective of television studies. Each chapter connects arguments about particular texts of Canadian television to critical analysis of the wider cultural,...
Writing for Television
Series, Serials and Soaps
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2014
An award-winning television drama producer with 20 years experience in script editing and development offers a practical guide for anyone interested in the television industry
Written in an engaging, anecdotal tone, this is a no-nonsense, direct down-the-lens look at the television industry...
The Boy Genius and the Mogul
The Untold Story of Television
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2002
The world remembers Edison, Ford, and the Wright Brothers. But what about Philo T. Farnsworth, the inventor of television, an innovation that did as much as any other to shape the twentieth century? That question lies at the heart of The Boy Genius and the Mogul, Daniel Stashower's captivating chronicle...
by Donald G Boudreau
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2012
On Thursday, April 14, 2011, ABC/Disney Television unleashed a nationwide firestorm in concurrently announcing that it was cancelling two of Daytime television’s longstanding prized soap operas created by the legendary writer, Agnes Nixon, “One Life to Live” and “All My Children.” Nationwide,...
One Night on TV Is Worth Weeks at the Paramount
Popular Music on Early Television
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2012
Elvis Presley's television debut in January 1956 is often cited as the moment when popular music and television came together. Murray Forman challenges that contention, revealing popular music as crucial to television years before Presley's sensational small-screen performances. Drawing on trade and...
Genre and Television
From Cop Shows to Cartoons in American Culture
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2004
Genre and Television proposes a new understanding of television genres as cultural categories, offering a set of in-depth historical and critical examinations to explore five key aspects of television genre: history, industry, audience, text, and genre mixing. Drawing on well-known television programs...
by Amy M. Damico, Sara E. Quay
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2016
In its exploration of some of the most influential, popular, or critically acclaimed television dramas since the year 2000, this book documents how modern television dramas reflect our society through their complex narratives about prevailing economic, political, security, and social issues.
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by Joel Tator
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2015
Los Angeles television history began in the small room of an auto dealership in 1931. Since then, much of the nation's television history has been made here: the first television helicopter, the first big story that television broke before newspapers, the first live coverage of an atomic bomb, and...
Television in India
Satellites, Politics and Cultural Change
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2008
This book examines the development of television in India since the early 1990s, and its implications for Indian society more widely. Until 1991, India possessed only a single state-owned television channel, but since then there has been a rapid expansion in independent satellite channels which came...
America, As Seen on TV
How Television Shapes Immigrant Expectations around the Globe
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2018
The surprising effects of American TV on global viewers
As a dominant cultural export, American television is often the first exposure to American ideals and the English language for many people throughout the world. Yet, American television is flawed, and, it represents race, class, and gender...
The Politics of Reality Television
Global Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2010
The Politics of Reality Television encompasses an international selection of expert contributions who consider the specific ways media migrations test our understanding of, and means of investigating, reality television across the globe. The book addresses a wide range of topics, including:
the...
Watching Television Come of Age
The New York Times Reviews by Jack Gould
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2013
Providing video companionship for isolated housewives, afternoon babysitting for children, and nonstop evening entertainment for the whole family, television revolutionized American society in the post-World War II years. Helping the first TV generation make sense of the new medium was the mission of...
by Kevin Scott Allen
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2016
Every day thousands upon thousands of people all over the world have one dream in common: becoming a Film and Television Actor. They study anywhere they can, from universities to trade schools to local theaters, striving to perfect the craft of acting. They flock to film capitols all over the globe...
Children and Television
Fifty Years of Research
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2009
This seminal volume is a comprehensive review of the literature on children's television, covering fifty years of academic research on children and television. The work includes studies of content, effects, and policy, and offers research conducted by social scientists and cultural studies scholars....