A Companion to Television

Copyright © 2005 by Blackwell Publishing Ltd

A Companion to Television

Editor(s): Janet Wasko

Published Online: 26 NOV 2007

Print ISBN: 9781405100946

Online ISBN: 9780470997130

DOI: 10.1002/9780470997130

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A Companion to Television is a magisterial collection of 31 original essays that charter the field of television studies over the past century

  • Explores a diverse range of topics and theories that have led to television's current incarnation, and predict its likely future
  • Covers technology and aesthetics, television's relationship to the state, televisual commerce; texts, representation, genre, internationalism, and audience reception and effects
  • Essays are by an international group of first-rate scholars

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Table of contents

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      Frontmatter (pages i–xv)

    1. Introduction (pages 1–12)

      Janet Wasko

  3. Part One: Theoretical Overviews

    1. Chapter 1

      The Development of Television Studies (pages 15–28)

      Horace Newcomb

    2. Chapter 2

      Critical Perspectives on Television from the Frankfurt School to Postmodernism (pages 29–47)

      Doug Kellner

  4. Part Two: Television/History

    1. Chapter 3

      Television and History (pages 51–66)

      Paddy Scannell

    2. Chapter 4

      Our TV Heritage: Television, the Archive, and the Reasons for Preservation (pages 67–99)

      Lynn Spigel

  5. Part Three: Television/Aesthetics and Production

    1. Chapter 5

      Television as a Moving Aesthetic: In Search of the Ultimate Aesthetic – The Self (pages 103–125)

      Julianne H. Newton

    2. Chapter 6

      Locating the Televisual in Golden Age Television (pages 126–141)

      Caren Deming

    3. Chapter 7

      Television Production: Who Makes American TV? (pages 142–154)

      Jane M. Shattuc

  6. Part Four: Television/The State and Policy

    1. Chapter 8

      Who Rules TV? States, Markets, and the Public Interest (pages 157–173)

      Sylvia Harvey

    2. Chapter 9

      Public Broadcasting and Democratic Culture: Consumers, Citizens, and Communards (pages 174–198)

      Graham Murdock

    3. Chapter 10

      Culture, Services, Knowledge: Television between Policy Regimes (pages 199–213)

      Stuart Cunningham

  7. Part Five: Television/Commerce

    1. Chapter 11

      Television Advertising as Textual and Economic Systems (pages 217–237)

      Matthew P. Mcallister

    2. Chapter 12

      Watching Television: A Political Economic Approach (pages 238–255)

      Eileen R. Meehan

    3. Chapter 13

      Keeping “Abreast” of MTV and Viacom: The Growing Power of a Media Conglomerate (pages 256–269)

      Jack Banks

    4. Chapter 14

      The Trade in Television News (pages 270–288)

      Andrew Calabrese

  8. Part Six: Television/Programming, Content, and Genre

    1. Chapter 15

      Configurations of the New Television Landscape (pages 291–307)

      Albert Moran

    2. Chapter 16

      The Study of Soap Opera (pages 308–323)

      Christine Geraghty

    3. Chapter 17

      The Shifting Terrain of American Talk Shows (pages 324–336)

      Jane M. Shattuc

    4. Chapter 18

      Television and Sports (pages 337–360)

      Michael R. Real

    5. Chapter 19

      “Where the Past Comes Alive”: Television, History, and Collective Memory (pages 361–378)

      Gary R. Edgerton

    6. Chapter 20

      “How Will You Make it on Your Own?”: Television and Feminism Since 1970 (pages 379–394)

      Bonnie J. Dow

    7. Chapter 21

      Television and Race (pages 395–408)

      Sasha Torres

  9. Part Seven: Television/The Public and Audiences

    1. Chapter 22

      Television, Public Spheres, and Civic Cultures (pages 411–432)

      Peter Dahlgren

    2. Chapter 23

      Television and Public Opinion (pages 433–448)

      Justin Lewis

    3. Chapter 24

      Reality TV: Performance, Authenticity, and Television Audiences (pages 449–467)

      Annette Hill

    4. Chapter 25

      A Special Audience? Children and Television (pages 468–486)

      David Buckingham

  10. Part Eight: Television/Alternative Challenges

    1. Chapter 26

      Local Community Channels: Alternatives to Corporate Media Dominance (pages 489–500)

      DeeDee Halleck

  11. Part Nine: International Television/Case Studies

    1. Chapter 27

      Latin American Commercial Television: “Primitive Capitalism” (pages 503–520)

      John Sinclair

    2. Chapter 28

      Television in China: History, Political Economy, and Ideology (pages 521–539)

      Yuezhi Zhao and Zhenzhi Guo

    3. Chapter 29

      Japanese Television: Early Development and Research (pages 540–557)

      Shunya Yoshimi

    4. Chapter 30

      Change and Transformation in South African Television (pages 558–579)

      Ruth Teer-Tomaselli

    5. Chapter 31

      Television in the Arab East (pages 580–601)

      Nabil H. Dajani

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      Index (pages 602–627)

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