Understanding Television (Studies in Culture and Communication)
Garry Whannel (Editor),Garry Whannel
Language: English
Published by Routledge, 1990
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204 pages. Name on ffep.Understanding Television offers an introduction to some of the issues of tele vision broadcasting and its main genres. It examines a number of programme categ ories, such as news, drama-documentary, sit-com, soap opera, sport and quizzes, and discusses aspects of the history of the organisation of television, its audi ences and its future; it also looks at some key conceptual debates about hegemon y in contemporary television Editorial Reviews Review All in all, this is a f irst rate piece of work which admirably accomplishes the main purpose of the Stu dies in Culture and Communication series as a whole - namely, bridging the gap b etween the huge body of research available to the more advanced student and what the newcomer needs to get started.' - Media Bulletin.
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- Title
- Understanding Television (Studies in Culture and Communication)
- Author
- Garry Whannel (Editor),Garry Whannel
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Publication year
- 1990
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 041501672X
- ISBN 13
- 9780415016728
- Dimensions
- 21.6cm x 1.2cm x 27.9cm
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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
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