Authors: John Fiske, John Hartley
ISBN-13: 9780415323536, ISBN-10: 0415323533
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Taylor & Francis, Inc.
Date Published: October 2003
Edition: 2nd Edition
John Fiske was previously Professor of Communication Arts at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
John Hartley is Dean of the Creative Industries Faculty at the Queensland Institute of Technology, Australia.
Reading Television was the first book to push the boundaries of television studies beyond the insights offered by cultural studies and textual analysis, creating a vibrant new field of study. Using the tools and techniques in this book, it is possible for everyone with a television set to analyze both the programmes, and the culture which produces them.
In this edition, Hartley reflects on recent developments in television studies, and includes suggestions for further reading. His new foreword underlines the continuing relevance of this foundational text in the study of contemporary culture.
General Editor's Preface | ||
Foreword: 'Reading' television studies | ||
1 | 'Reading' television | 1 |
2 | Content analysis | 8 |
3 | The signs of television | 22 |
4 | The codes of television | 41 |
5 | The functions of television | 49 |
6 | Bardic television | 64 |
7 | Audiences | 78 |
8 | The modes of television | 85 |
9 | Dance | 101 |
10 | Competition | 113 |
11 | Television realism | 127 |
12 | A policeman's lot | 138 |
Conclusion: something completely different? | 154 | |
References | 160 | |
Further Reading | 164 | |
Index | 169 |