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| Document Type: | Book |
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| All Authors / Contributors: |
John Fiske; John Hartley |
| ISBN: | 0415323533 9780415323536 0415323525 9780415323529 |
| OCLC Number: | 51965863 |
| Description: | xxii, 176 p. ; 20 cm. |
| Contents: | Foreword: 'Reading' television studies -- 'Reading' television -- Content analysis -- The signs of television -- The codes of television -- The functions of television -- Bardic television -- Audiences -- The modes of television -- Dance -- Competition -- Television realism -- A policeman's lot -- Conclusion: Something completely different? |
| Series Title: | New accents (Routledge (Firm)) |
| Responsibility: | John Fiske and John Hartley ; with a new foreword by John Hartley. |
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Abstract:
Using the tools and techniques in this volume, it is possible for everyone with a TV set to analyse not only the programmes themselves, but also the culture which produces them. In this edition, John Hartley reflects on the development of television studies since publication of the first edition, and includes suggestions for further reading.
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'This understanding of television is not a simple analysis but it is an extremely rich and convincing one. And in putting it forward the authors provide much of the necessary theory that anyone who wishes to challenge the role of the medium has to comprehend. You don't want to challenge that role? After reading Reading Television, you should do.' - Time Out Read more...
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