Combining institutional textual and audience analysis, this book introduces students to the factors which have shaped television's development in contemporary Europe, and invites them to assess the issues that are at stake in its future. Divided into three parts, the book moves from the European broadcasting environment, through current ......
Combining institutional textual and audience analysis, this book introduces students to the factors which have shaped television's development in contemporary Europe, and invites them to assess the issues that are at stake in its future. Divided into three parts, the book moves from the European broadcasting environment, through current ......
In the history of American TV only four sitcoms have been true hits - All in the Family, The Beverley Hillbillies, Laverne and Shirley and The Cosby Show. This book seeks to account for the appeal of these sitcoms, detailing the factors that go into the construction of mass audiences.
In the history of American TV only four sitcoms have been true hits - All in the Family, The Beverley Hillbillies, Laverne and Shirley and The Cosby Show. This book seeks to account for the appeal of these sitcoms, detailing the factors that go into the construction of mass audiences.
Steve Allen created the "Tonight" show, America's longest running entertainment show and most successful late-night TV show. This book presents the history of the first "Tonight" show, complete with photos from the show and insights from over 30 entertainment legends who knew and worked with Steve Allen.
''Michele Hilmes has produced an excellent introduction to a most important subject. This is an invaluable work for both scholars and students that places film, radio, and television within the context of the national culture experience.''--- American Historical Review''Hilmes is one of the few historians of broadcasting to move beyond a political ......
This third annual report of the National Tel evison Violence Study presents comparative year-to-year data on the nature and extent of violence on television accross programme genres and channel types. '
Representation, Memory, Time and Space in the Age of the Camera
Offering an overview of modern visual culture, this book explores the relationship between technology, society and identity which underpins contemporary "media culture". The author examines: the history of visual culture from Lumiere to virtual reality by way of photography, cinema and television; the social and political transformations over the ......
The man who invented the television talk show surpassed even himself when he created "Meeting of Minds", the award-winning series that captured America's imagination. These title offers the original scripts from the series, including material edited from the broadcast versions that ran from 1977 to 1981 on PBS stations nation-wide.
