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Television and Its Audience

Author : Patrick Barwise
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 1849207208
Total Pages : 221 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (492 download)

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Download or read book Television and Its Audience written by Patrick Barwise and published by SAGE. This book was released on 1988-11-24 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book by two leading experts takes a fresh look at the nature of television, starting from an audience perspective. It draws on over twenty years of research about the audience in the United States and Britain and about the many ways in which television is funded and organized around the world. The overall picture which emerges is of: a medium which is watched for several hours a day but usually at only a low level of involvement; an audience which views mainly for relaxation but which actively chooses favourite programmes; a flowering of new channels but with no fundamental change in what or how people watch; programmes costing millions to produce but only a few pennies to view; a wide range of programme types apparently similar to the range of print media but with nothing like the same degree of audience 'segmentation'; a global communication medium of dazzling scale, speed, and impact but which is slow at conveying complex information and perhaps less powerful than generally assumed. The book is packed with information and insights yet is highly readable. It is unique in relating so many of the issues raised by television to how we watch it. There is also a highly regarded appendix on advertising, as well as technical notes, a glossary, and references for further reading.

Television in Society

Author : Arthur Asa Berger
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351486640
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (514 download)

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Download or read book Television in Society written by Arthur Asa Berger and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-09-29 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is television a cultural wasteland, or a medium that has brought people more great art, music, dance, and drama than any previous media? How do we study and interpret television? What are the effects of television on individuals and society, and how do we measure them? What is the role of television in our political and economic life? Television in Society explores these issues in considering how television both reflects and affects society.The book is divided into two sections. The first focuses on programming and deals with commercials, ceremonial events, important series (such as ""MASH"" and ""Lou Grant""), significant programs (a production of Brave New World on television), and the images of police on the medium. The second part of the book deals with important issues and topics related to the medium: the impact of television violence, values found on television, the impact of television on education, the significance of new technological developments, and the always thorny issue of freedom of the press. The articles are drawn together by a brilliant introductory essay by Arthur Asa Berger, who examines television as culture.

Television Entertainment

Author : Jonathan Gray
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 113525348X
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (352 download)

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Download or read book Television Entertainment written by Jonathan Gray and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2009-06-02 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Television entertainment rules supreme, one of the world’s most important disseminators of information, ideas, and amusement. More than a parade of little figures in a box, it is deeply embedded in everyday life, in how we think, what we think and care about, and who we think and care about it with. But is television entertainment art? Why do so many love it and so many hate or fear it? Does it offer a window to the world, or images of a fake world? How is it political and how does it address us as citizens? What powers does it hold, and what powers do we have over it? Or, for that matter, what is television these days, in an era of rapidly developing technologies, media platforms, and globalization? Written especially for students, Television Entertainment addresses these and other key questions that we regularly ask, or should ask. Jonathan Gray offers a lively and dynamic, thematically based overview with examples from recent and current television, including Lost, reality television, The Sopranos, The Simpsons, political satire, Grey’s Anatomy, The West Wing, soaps, and 24.

Big World, Small Screen

Author :
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 9780803272637
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (726 download)

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Download or read book Big World, Small Screen written by and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 1992-01-01 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Big World, Small Screen assesses the influence of television on the lives of the most vulnerable and powerless in American society: children, ethnic and sexual minorities, and women. Many in these groups are addicted to television, although they are not the principal audiences sought by commercial TV distributors because they are not the most lucrative markets for advertisers. This important book illustrates the power of television in stereotyping the elderly, ethnic groups, gays and lesbians, and the institutionalized and, thus, in contributing to the self-image of many viewers. They go on to consider how television affects social interaction, intellectual functioning, emotional development, and attitudes (toward family life, sexuality, and mental and physical health, for example). They illustrate the medium's potential to teach and inform, to communicate across nations and cultures?and to induce violence, callousness, and amorality. Parents will be especially interested in what they say about television viewing and children. Finally, they offer suggestions for research and public policy with the aim of producing programming that will enrich the lives of citizens all across the spectrum. Nine psychologists, members of the Task Force on Television and Society appointed by the American Psychological Association, have collaborated on Big World, Small Screen.

Society's Impact on Television

Author : Gary W. Selnow
Publisher : Praeger
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Society's Impact on Television written by Gary W. Selnow and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1993-03-30 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The writer-producer and network boundaries -- The network programmers -- Suits and censors : senior network executives and standards editors -- Government influence on television content -- "Public" interest groups and the interested public -- Advertiser influence on television content -- Technology and television content -- Content solutions -- Public expectations.

Prime-Time Society

Author : Conrad Phillip Kottak
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1315421925
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (154 download)

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Download or read book Prime-Time Society written by Conrad Phillip Kottak and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-06-03 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A landmark comparative study (U.S. and Brazil) of television's social and cultural effects on human behavior. The Updated Edition brings forward the author’s research on this topic since the original volume was published in 1990 with an extensive new Introduction.

Television and Society

Author : Nicholas Abercrombie
Publisher : Polity
ISBN 13 : 9780745614366
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (143 download)

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Download or read book Television and Society written by Nicholas Abercrombie and published by Polity. This book was released on 1996-05-01 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Television and Society is a textbook designed to introduce students to the role of television in contemporary society. It explores the structure of the television text, the way in which that text is produced and the way it is consumed. The first section deals with the analysis of television programmes as texts. It covers, for example, the issues of realism, narrative, genre and ideology, the domestication of television programming and the nature of soap opera and news. The section on the production of television deals firstly with the structure of the industry as a whole - the ways in which television is financed and distributed, the globalization of television and media imperialism, and the political economy of television. This is followed by a consideration of the internal workings of television organizations, including the role of the producer, the functioning of the production team, the television personality and the producer's perceptions of the audience. The final section investigates theories of the television audience and combines qualitative and quantitative studies. There is discussion on the history of audience research, methods of measuring the audience, the domestic context of viewing, and television talk. Clearly written, Television and Society will be an ideal textbook for students in media studies, cultural studies and the sociology of culture.

Television, Sex and Society

Author : Beth Johnson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1441141316
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (411 download)

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Download or read book Television, Sex and Society written by Beth Johnson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2012-06-14 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the 1990s, the screening of sex on American, British and Asian television screens has become increasingly prolific. Considering not only the specificities of selected sexualised images in relation to popular series, this study also concerns itself with the ramifications of TV sex as well as discussing the various techniques that are used by TV producers/programme makers to establish the cultural worth of their texts in series such as Shameless, The Tudors and True Blood. The contributions draw attention to shifting representations of sex on television away from the authoritarian state and patriarchal order, toward a more democratic form of representation. As a significant and under-represented aspect of contemporary television studies, this is the first full-length academic collection to consider the wide-ranging representations of sex in society on contemporary television.

Homicide

Author : David Simon
Publisher : Holt Paperbacks
ISBN 13 : 1429900954
Total Pages : 672 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Download or read book Homicide written by David Simon and published by Holt Paperbacks. This book was released on 2007-04-01 with total page 672 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the creator of HBO's The Wire, the classic book about homicide investigation that became the basis for the hit television show The scene is Baltimore. Twice every three days another citizen is shot, stabbed, or bludgeoned to death. At the center of this hurricane of crime is the city's homicide unit, a small brotherhood of hard men who fight for whatever justice is possible in a deadly world. David Simon was the first reporter ever to gain unlimited access to a homicide unit, and this electrifying book tells the true story of a year on the violent streets of an American city. The narrative follows Donald Worden, a veteran investigator; Harry Edgerton, a black detective in a mostly white unit; and Tom Pellegrini, an earnest rookie who takes on the year's most difficult case, the brutal rape and murder of an eleven-year-old girl. Originally published fifteen years ago, Homicide became the basis for the acclaimed television show of the same name. This new edition—which includes a new introduction, an afterword, and photographs—revives this classic, riveting tale about the men who work on the dark side of the American experience.

Mainstream Culture Refocused

Author : Xueping Zhong
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
ISBN 13 : 0824882504
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (248 download)

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Download or read book Mainstream Culture Refocused written by Xueping Zhong and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2019-01-31 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Serialized television drama (dianshiju), perhaps the most popular and influential cultural form in China over the past three decades, offers a wide and penetrating look at the tensions and contradictions of the post-revolutionary and pro-market period. Zhong Xueping’s timely new work draws attention to the multiple cultural and historical legacies that coexist and challenge each other within this dominant form of story telling. Although scholars tend to focus their attention on elite cultural trends and avant garde movements in literature and film, Zhong argues for recognizing the complexity of dianshiju’s melodramatic mode and its various subgenres, in effect "refocusing" mainstream Chinese culture. Mainstream Culture Refocused opens with an examination of television as a narrative motif in three contemporary Chinese art-house films. Zhong then turns her attention to dianshiju’s most important subgenres. "Emperor dramas" highlight the link between popular culture’s obsession with emperors and modern Chinese intellectuals’ preoccupation with issues of history and tradition and how they relate to modernity. In her exploration of the "anti-corruption" subgenre, Zhong considers three representative dramas, exploring their diverse plots and emphases. "Youth dramas’" rich array of representations reveal the numerous social, economic, cultural, and ideological issues surrounding the notion of youth and its changing meanings. The chapter on the "family-marriage" subgenre analyzes the ways in which women’s emotions are represented in relation to their desire for "happiness." Song lyrics from music composed for television dramas are considered as "popular poetics." Their sentiments range between nostalgia and uncertainty, mirroring the social contradictions of the reform era. The Epilogue returns to the relationship between intellectuals and the production of mainstream cultural meaning in the context of China’s post-revolutionary social, economic, and cultural transformation. Provocative and insightful, Mainstream Culture Refocused will appeal to scholars and students in studies of modern China generally and of contemporary Chinese media and popular culture specifically.

Television in American Society

Author : Laurie Collier Hillstrom
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Television in American Society written by Laurie Collier Hillstrom and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a comprehensive overview of the development of television technology, the growth of the broadcast and cable industries, the evolution of television programming, and the impact of television on American society and culture.

Target, Prime Time

Author : Kathryn C. Montgomery
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0195362608
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (953 download)

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Download or read book Target, Prime Time written by Kathryn C. Montgomery and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Reality Television

Author : Ruth A. Deller
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1839090235
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (39 download)

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Download or read book Reality Television written by Ruth A. Deller and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2019-11-25 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reality television is shown worldwide, features people from all walks of life and covers everything from romance to religion. It has not only changed television, but every other area of the media. So why has reality TV become such a huge phenomenon, and what is its future in an age of streaming and social media?

Reality Television and Arab Politics

Author : Marwan M. Kraidy
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521769191
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (217 download)

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Download or read book Reality Television and Arab Politics written by Marwan M. Kraidy and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book analyzes how reality television fuelled heated polemics over cultural authenticity, gender relations, and political participation in the Middle East.

Ambient Television

Author : Anna McCarthy
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 0822383136
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (223 download)

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Download or read book Ambient Television written by Anna McCarthy and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2001-03-16 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although we tend to think of television primarily as a household fixture, TV monitors outside the home are widespread: in bars, laundromats, and stores; conveying flight arrival and departure times in airports; uniting crowds at sports events and allaying boredom in waiting rooms; and helping to pass the time in workplaces of all kinds. In Ambient Television Anna McCarthy explores the significance of this pervasive phenomenon, tracing the forms of conflict, commerce, and community that television generates outside the home. Discussing the roles television has played in different institutions from 1945 to the present day, McCarthy draws on a wide array of sources. These include retail merchandising literature, TV industry trade journals, and journalistic discussions of public viewing, as well as the work of cultural geographers, architectural theorists, media scholars, and anthropologists. She also uses photography as a research tool, documenting the uses and meanings of television sets in the built environment, and focuses on such locations as the tavern and the department store to show how television is used to support very different ideas about gender, class, and consumption. Turning to contemporary examples, McCarthy discusses practices such as Turner Private Networks’ efforts to transform waiting room populations into advertising audiences and the use of point-of-sale video that influences brand visibility and consumer behavior. Finally, she inquires into the activist potential of out-of-home television through a discussion of the video practices of two contemporary artists in everyday public settings. Scholars and students of cultural, visual, urban, American, film, and television studies will be interested in this thought-provoking, interdisciplinary book.

Media and Society

Author : Arthur Asa Berger
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1442217812
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (422 download)

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Download or read book Media and Society written by Arthur Asa Berger and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 2012-08-09 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Media and Society: A Critical Perspective offers an accessible introduction to the role that the mass media play in our lives, our society, and American culture. Berger explores the relationship between consumers and media with an emphasis on the shaping influence that both have on each other. This lively text, illustrated with original sketches by the author, equips students with the tools necessary to analyze the media that permeates their lives. The third edition features a discussion of the impact of Facebook, Twitter, and other social media on youth culture, an expanded discussion of media ethics, including the Murdoch phone-tapping scandal, an analysis of how media has affected our political landscape, and updated examples and material on media theories and ideology.

Television Studies

Author : Gary C. Burns
Publisher : Praeger
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Television Studies written by Gary C. Burns and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1989-03-27 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Burns and Thompson help to remedy the lack of a forum for current research on television by bringing together, in this volume, some of the best recent research in television studies. This work will begin to fill the gap in literature on television studies as a discipline. In compiling these 13 papers, the editors maintain a balance of timely interest and lasting relevance. The contributors study the texts of current TV dramatic and comic series, such as Dallas and Cheers, as well as current trends in nonfiction TV, such as network and local news coverage. Each analysis of a specific television text is complimented with rigorous theoretical argumentation. Students and scholars of communications and television criticism will find Television Studies valuable reading. The book begins with a two-chapter debate primarily seeking a definition of `television studies.' The debate includes a critical examination of the capitalist institutions that dominate television as an industry. Further chapters discuss dramatic television series; an examination of the development of the lengthy serial text of Dallas, and structural analysis of the pilot episode of Cheers. The book contains five essays on nonfiction television, including an insiders view of the production and promotion of local TV news and an analysis of CBS and ABC's TV news coverage of South Africa over a two week period in 1987. In a final essay, conventional wisdom about `the audience' is refuted.