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An introduction to television studies. 3rd edition.

Bignell, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4874-1601 (2012) An introduction to television studies. 3rd edition. Routledge, London , pp348. ISBN 9780415598163

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Abstract/Summary

This is a comprehensive textbook for students of Television Studies, now updated for its third edition. The book provides students with a framework for understanding the key concepts and main approaches to Television Studies, including audience research, television history and broadcasting policy, and the analytical study of individual programmes. The book includes a glossary of key terms used in the television industry and in the academic study of television, there are suggestions for further reading at the end of each chapter, and chapters include suggested activities for use in class or as assignments. The case studies in the book include analysis of advertisements, approaches to news reporting, television scheduling, and challenges to television in new contexts of viewing on computers and mobile devices. The topics of individual chapters are: studying television, television histories, television cultures, television texts and narratives, television genres and formats, television production, television quality and value, television realities and representation, television censorship and regulation, television audiences, and the likely future for television.

Item Type:Book
Refereed:No
Divisions:Arts, Humanities and Social Science > School of Arts and Communication Design > Film, Theatre & Television
ID Code:29813
Uncontrolled Keywords:Television, Broadcasting, Media
Publisher:Routledge

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