Understanding TV Texts (Understanding the Moving Image) - Hardcover

Wickham, Phil

 
9781844571710: Understanding TV Texts (Understanding the Moving Image)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1844571718 ISBN 13: 9781844571710
Publisher: British Film Institute, 2007

Synopsis

Understanding TV Texts examines the debates that define television and looks at how they can be applied to the study of particular programs. For example, how do we respond to what we watch and what affects those responses? In this book, production and consumption contexts are examined, but also the meanings in the texts themselves. How is technology and social change transforming our experience of television? These questions are explored through a range of case studies--both fact and fiction, contemporary and historical, British and American.

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About the Author

PHIL WICKHAM is a TV Curator at the British Film Institute. He has written and lectured on British film and TV and is the author of the forthcoming BFI TV Classic on The Likely Lads.

From the Back Cover


Understanding Television Texts sets out the debates that define television and examines how they can be applied to the study of particular programmes.
 
How do we respond to what we watch and what affects those responses? Production and consumption contexts are examined, but also the meanings in the texts themselves. In addition, there is a consideration of how technology and social change is transforming our experience of TV. These themes are explored through a range of examples of TV programmes and shows – fact and fiction, contemporary and historical, British and American.

A wide range of case studies are considered – from Planet Earth to Dr Who, The Sopranos to The Apprentice.

Understanding Television Texts emphasises the importance of the active viewer. TV shows are not passive objects that just 'reflect' social attitudes; when we watch them we create meanings and make judgments. This book encourages students to consider and develop their own responses, as well as offering an accessible critical overview that equips them for this task.

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Publisher
British Film Institute
Publication date
2007
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1844571718
ISBN 13 
9781844571710
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
192