El. knyga: Television Studies: The Key Concepts 2nd edition [Taylor & Francis e-book]

Now in its second edition, Television Studies: The Key Concepts includes close to 100 entries and is fully updated with case studies from new media to illustrate the latest developments in the field. This A-Z guide is thoroughly cross-referenced and contains examples from television in the US as well as in the UK. Further reading and an extensive bibliography make for some lively engagement with the latest issues. Readers will find much to carry them forward in this subject area.

Television Studies: The Key Concepts is the definitive reference guide to an area of rapidly expanding academic interest. Among those aspects of television studies covered in this comprehensive and up-to-date guide are:

• theoretical perspectives which have shaped the study of television - Marxism; semiology; feminism
• concepts which have shaped the study of television - narrative; representation; bias
• television genres - soap opera; news; science fiction
• methods used for understanding television - content analysis; audience research
• relevant social, economic and political phenomena - ownership; social policy.