Provocative Screens
Offended Audiences in Britain and Germany
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Cultural Studies, Popular Culture, Political Science, International
| Author: | Ranjana Das, Anne Graefer | ISBN: | 9783319679075 |
| Publisher: | Springer International Publishing | Publication: | November 14, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan | Language: | English |
| Author: | Ranjana Das, Anne Graefer |
| ISBN: | 9783319679075 |
| Publisher: | Springer International Publishing |
| Publication: | November 14, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Language: | English |
This book offers a nuanced understanding of ‘offensive’ television content by drawing on an extensive research project, involving in-depth interviews and focus groups with audiences in Britain and Germany. Provocative Screens asks: what makes something really offensive and to whom in what context? Why it offence felt so differently? And how does offensive content matter in public life, regulation, and institutional understandings?
This book offers a nuanced understanding of ‘offensive’ television content by drawing on an extensive research project, involving in-depth interviews and focus groups with audiences in Britain and Germany. Provocative Screens asks: what makes something really offensive and to whom in what context? Why it offence felt so differently? And how does offensive content matter in public life, regulation, and institutional understandings?
