ABSTRACT

In this comprehensive textbook, newly updated for its second edition, Jonathan Bignell provides students with a framework for understanding the key concepts and main approaches to Television Studies, including audience research, television history and broadcasting policy, and the analytical study of individual programmes. Features for the second ed

part |1 pages

Introduction

chapter |3 pages

Television Studies

chapter |5 pages

The organisation of chapters

part |1 pages

Further reading

chapter 1|26 pages

Studying Television

chapter 2|26 pages

Television Histories

chapter 3|24 pages

Television Cultures

chapter 4|28 pages

Television Texts and Television Narratives

chapter 5|22 pages

Television and Genre

chapter 6|28 pages

Television Production

chapter 7|24 pages

Postmodern Television

chapter 8|28 pages

Television Realities

chapter 9|24 pages

Television Representation

chapter 10|26 pages

Television You Can’t See

chapter 11|24 pages

Shaping Audiences

chapter 12|26 pages

Television in Everyday Life