WASKO JANET

A Companion to Television

Herausgeber: Wasko, Janet

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A Companion to Television is a magisterial collection of original essays that chart the history of television from its inception to the present day. Over 30 leading scholars across the humanities and social sciences look at television scholarship as it responded to technological, institutional, and aesthetic changes around the world. The essays cover a myriad of topics and theories that have led to television's current incarnation, and predict its likely future. From technology and aesthetics, television's relationship to the state, televisual commerce, texts, representation, genre, internationalism, and audience reception and effects, A Companion to Television is an invaluable reference for understanding the significance of television in the modern and postmodern world.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley
• Seitenzahl: 648
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Mai 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 260mm x 183mm x 39mm
• Gewicht: 1397g
• ISBN-13: 9781405100946
• ISBN-10: 140510094X
• Artikelnr.: 21549626

Autorenporträt

Janet Wasko is Professor in the School of Communication and Journalism at the University of Oregon. Her many books include Hollywood in the Information Age: Beyond the Silver Screen (1994), Consuming Audiences? Production and Reception in Media Research (1999), Understanding Disney: The Manufacture of Fantasy (2001), and How Hollywood Works (2003).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction (Janet Wasko, University of Oregon).

PART I: Theoretical Overviews.

PART II: Television/History.

PART III: Television/Aesthetics & Production.

PART IV: Television/The State and Policy.

PART V: Television/Commerce.

PART VI: Television/Programming, Content and Genre.

PART VII: Television/The Public and Audiences.

PART VIII: Television/Alternative Challenges.

PART IX: International Television/Case Studies.

Rezensionen

"Janet Wasko, one of our most distinguished media analysts,has assembled a veritable 'dream team' of authors towrite about television. Drawing on multiple disciplinary andtheoretical perspectives, this impressive new volume will shift ourthinking profoundly about an object that continues to fascinate andfrustrate both those who will its demise, and those who welcome itstriumphs."
Toby Miller, University of California, Riverside

"We need more accounts of television that really push atthe interconnections of economy, institution and culture. Thisambitious collection, often comparative and historical, hits thespot admirably."
John Corner, University of Liverpool

"The volume comprehensively maps the terrain of televisionstudies with an impressive line-up of authors. Each provides astate-of-the-art overview of a key topic, resulting in astimulating diversity of historical, international, andmultidisciplinary perspectives."
Sonia Livingstone, London School of Economics

"Jaent Wasko's book provides a wealth of information,interesting analyses, and fruitful theoretical discussions."
Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television