Television studies

Television studies

films; television; textbooks

A collection of essays by "leading international figures" grouped into the general headings: Forms of knowledge; Audiences; Gender; Race. Includes analysis and discussions of key debates. It discusses many television texts including 'Star Trek', 'Kung Fu', 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer', 'Xena: Warrior Princess', and 'Sesame Street'. Key figures, debates and institutions include: cultivational analysis; Pierre Bourdieu; the Frankfurt School; Public Service Broadcasting; pharmaceutical advertising; and first peoples television. It is intended as an authoritative guide to the perspectives and theory available to a central area within media and cultural studies.

Miller, Toby (editor)

London: British Film Institute, 2002

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