Television Studies Reader

Description:
The Television Studies Reader brings together key writings in the expanding field of television studies, providing an overview of the discipline and addressing issues of industry, genre, audiences, production and ownership, and representation. The Reader charts the ways in which television and television studies are being redefined by new and 'alternative' ways of producing, broadcasting and watching TV, such as cable, satellite and digital broadcasting, home video, internet broadcasting, and interactive TV, as well as exploring the recent boom in genres such as reality TV and docusoaps. It brings together articles from leading international scholars to provide perspectives on television programmes and practices from around the world, acknowledging both television's status as a global medium and the many and varied local contexts of its production and reception. Articles are grouped in seven themed sections, each with an introduction by the editors: *Institutions of Television *Spaces of Television *Modes of Television *Making Television *Social Representation on Television *Watching Television *Transforming Television Edward S. Herman, Robert McChesney, Richard Collins, Laurie Ouellette, Justin Lewis, David Hutchinson, Shaun Moores, Tom O'Regan, Eileen Meehan, Jackie Byars, John Sinclair, Elizabeth Jacka, Stuart Cu

Table of Contents:
Part 1 Institutions of Television Richard Collins 'Ises' and 'Oughts': Public Service Broadcasting in Europe, Laurie Ouellette and Justin Lewis Moving Beyond the Vast Wasteland: Cultural Policy and Television in the United States, David Hutchison Protecting the Citizen, Protecting Society, Tom O'Regan Australian's Television Culture, Eileen Meehan and Jackie Byars Telefeminism: How Lifetime Got its Groove 1984-1997 Part 2 Spaces of Television Scott Olson Hollywood Planet: Global Media and the Competitive Advantage of Narrative Transparency, John Sinclair Geolinguistic Region as Global Space: the Case of Latin America, Colin Sparks The Global, the Local and the Public Sphere, Stuart Cunningham Popular Media as Public 'Sphericules' for Diasporic Communities Part 3 Modes of Television Jason Mittell A Cultural Approach to Television Genre Theory, Jerome Bourdon Live Television Is Still Alive: On Television as an Unfulfilled, Derek Paget Codes and Conventions of Drama/Doc and Docu/drama, Margaret Morse News as Performance: The Image as Event, John Corner Adworlds, Robert C Allen Making Sense of Soaps, Albert Moran The Pie and the Crust: Television Program Formats, Dona Kolar-Panov A Silent Revolution: Video, War and the Diasporic Imagination Part 4 Making Television John Ellis Television Production, John T Caldwell Modes of Production, Jane Roscoe Big Brother Australia: Performing the 'Real' Twenty-Four-Seven, Sonia Livingstone and Peter Lunt Studio Discussions: Social Spaces and Postmodernity, Nick Couldry Media Pilgrims: On the Set of Coronation Street, Eric Freedman Public Access/Private Confession: Home Video as (Queer) Community Television, Brian Larkin Hausa Dramas and the Rise of Video Culture in Nigeria Part 5 Social Representation on Television Julie D'Acci Television, Representation and Gender, Ron Becker Primetime TV in the Gay Nineties: Network Television, Quality Audiences and Gay Politics, David Morley Broadcasting and the Construction of the National Family, Timothy Havens 'The Biggest Show in the World': Race and the Global Popularity of The Cosby Show Part 6 Watching Television Ellen Seiter Qualitative Audience Research, Hannah Davies, David Buckingham, and Peter Kelley In the Worst Possible Taste: Children, Television and Cultural Value, Anna McCarthy Television While You Wait, Ron Warren Do as I say, Not as I do: Video Stores and Parental Mediation of Children's Video Consumption, Kirk Johnson Media and Social Change: the Modernising Influences of Television in Rural India, Matt Hills Defining Cult TV: Texts, Inter-texts and Fan Audiences, John Hartley Democratainment and DIY Citizenship Part 7 Transforming Television Arild Fetveit Reality TV in the Digital Era: A Paradox in Visual Culture?, Jon Dovey Camcorder Cults, Will Brooker Living on Dawson's Creek: Teen Viewers, Cultural Convergence and Television Overflow, Mark Poster Postmodern Virtualities, Don Slater Social Relationships and Identity Online and Of