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Critical Ideas in Television Studies » (1st Edition)

Book cover image of Critical Ideas in Television Studies by John Corner

Authors: John Corner
ISBN-13: 9780198742203, ISBN-10: 0198742207
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: April 1999
Edition: 1st Edition

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Author Biography: John Corner

University of Liverpool

Book Synopsis

This important book is the first to offer a systematic review of the ideas which have been most influential across a full range of television criticism and research from the first pioneering studies to the most recent theory and analysis. It provides a general and accessible critical survey of writing, research, and debates about television. John Corner has organized the book into ten cross-referenced chapters covering both the humanities and the social science approaches.

Table of Contents

1Introduction: Research and Criticism1
2Institution12
3Image24
4Talk37
5Narrative47
6Flow60
7Production70
8Reception80
9Pleasure93
10Knowledge108
11Television 2000: The Terms of Transformation120
References129
Index137

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