A Study of Modern Television: Thinking Inside the Box

by Andrew Crisell

Overview

Covering issues ranging from television's historical development to its impact on culture and society in general, the text provides an insightful analysis of the complex character of modern television and its strengths and limitations. The book's scope and

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780333964095
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	08/01/2006
Edition description:	2006
Pages:	200
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.42(d)

About the Author

ANDREW CRISELL is Professor of Broadcasting at Sunderland University, UK. He is the author of Understanding Radio (Routledge, 1994) and Introductory History of British Broadcasting (Routledge, 2002), and the editor of Music Box: Radio Cultures and Communities in a Multi-Media World (Berghahn, 2004).
ANDREW CRISELL is Professor of Broadcasting at Sunderland University, UK. He is the author of Understanding Radio (Routledge, 1994) and Introductory History of British Broadcasting (Routledge, 2002), and the editor of Music Box: Radio Cultures and Communities in a Multi-Media World (Berghahn, 2004).

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Introduction
PART I: THE FOUNDATIONS OF MODERN TELEVISION
Birth and Infancy: 1884 1954
The Years of Duopoly: 1955 1982
Proliferation and Deregulation: the 1970s Onwards
Modern Television: Policies and Practices
PART II: TELEVISION GENRES
News and Current Affairs
Documentary and Features
Forms of Infotainment
SportDrama and Film
Comedy and Light Entertainment
PART III: TELEVISION CULTURE
Television: Audience Uses and Effects
Globalisation and Localism
Television, Theatricality and Public Life
Conclusion
Bibliography.

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From the Publisher

This is a well timed text...The book's split into three sections: The foundations of modern television; Television genres; Television Culture. The strength of Crisell's book lies particularly in the first two sections'Nick Lacey, Media Education Association, Newsletter December 2006.