Understanding Television
Nonfiction, Entertainment, Television, Performing Arts, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science
| Author: | ISBN: | 9781134979547 | |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis | Publication: | July 20, 2005 |
| Imprint: | Routledge | Language: | English |
| Author: | |
| ISBN: | 9781134979547 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis |
| Publication: | July 20, 2005 |
| Imprint: | Routledge |
| Language: | English |
Understanding Television offers an introduction to some of the issues of television broadcasting and its main genres. It examines a number of programme categories, such as news, drama-documentary, sit-com, soap opera, sport and quizzes, and discusses aspects of the history of the organisation of television, its audiences and its future; it also looks at some key conceptual debates about hegemony in contemporary television
Understanding Television offers an introduction to some of the issues of television broadcasting and its main genres. It examines a number of programme categories, such as news, drama-documentary, sit-com, soap opera, sport and quizzes, and discusses aspects of the history of the organisation of television, its audiences and its future; it also looks at some key conceptual debates about hegemony in contemporary television
