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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450890803321

Autore

Fiske John

Titolo

Reading Television [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 1978

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (201 p.)

Disciplina

302.2345

791.45/75

791.4575

Soggetti

Books and reading

Television broadcasting -- Social aspects

Television criticism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; GENERAL EDITOR'S PREFACE; FOREWORD: 'READING' TELEVISION STUDIES; 'Reading' television; Content analysis; The signs of television; The codes of television; The functions of television; Bardic television; Audiences; The modes of television; Dance; Competition; Television realism; A policeman's lot; CONCLUSION: SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT?; REFERENCES; FURTHER READING; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Using the tools and techniques in this book, it is possible for everyone who has access to a television set to produce illuminating analyses not only of the programmes themselves, but also of the culture which produces them.