Friends, Lovers, Co-workers, and Community: Everything I Know About Relationships I Learned from Television

Ryan, Kathleen M. (Editor)/ Springer, Noah J. (Editor)/ Macey, Deborah A. (Editor)/ Erickson, Mary (Editor)/ Bratslavsky, Lauren (Contributor)

ISBN 10: 149851295X / ISBN 13: 9781498512954

Published by Lexington Books, 2016

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254 pages. 9.25x6.50x0.75 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Friends, Lovers, Co-workers, and Community: Everything I Know About Relationships I Learned from Television
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 149851295X
• ISBN 13: 9781498512954
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.59 kilograms

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Synopsis

Friends, Lovers, Co-Workers, and Community analyzes how television narratives form the first decade of the twenty-first century are powerful socializing agents which both define and limit the types of acceptable interpersonal relationships between co-workers, friends, romantic partners, family members, communities, and nations. This book is written by a diverse group of scholars who used a variety of methodological and theoretical approaches to interrogate the ways through which television molds our vision of ourselves as individuals, ourselves as in relationships with others, and ourselves as a part of the world. This book will appeal to scholars of communication studies, cultural studies, media studies, and popular culture studies.

About the Authors

Mary P. Erickson is senior instructor in the Department of Communication Studies at Western Washington University.

Kathleen M. Ryan is associate professor at the University of Colorado at Boulder.

David Staton is associate professor at the University of Northern Colorado where he teaches in the Department of Journalism and Media Studies.