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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457349403321

Autore

Henderson Lesley

Titolo

Social issues in television fiction [[electronic resource] /] / Lesley Henderson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Edinburgh, : Edinburgh University Press, 2007

ISBN

0-7486-5117-9

1-280-95313-6

9786610953134

0-7486-3089-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (209 p.)

Disciplina

302.2345

Soggetti

Television plays - Themes, motives

Television viewers - Attitudes

Television - Social aspects

Social problems in mass media

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [184]-194) and index.

Nota di contenuto

COPYRIGHT; Contents; Figures; Acknowledgements; Part I Mapping the Field; CHAPTER 1 Television Fiction in Context: Education and Entertainment; Part II Inside the Industry; CHAPTER 2 Making 'Good' Television: Creative Philosophies, Professionalism and Production Values; Part III Struggles over Television Production; General Introduction; CHAPTER 3 Family Secrets: Sexual Violence; A Woman's Disease: Breast Cancer; CHAPTER 5 Casting the Outsiders: Mental Distress; CHAPTER 6 Social Issues, Production and Genre; Part IV Social Issues and Television Audiences

CHAPTER 7 Public Understandings, Sexual Violence and Safe SpacesPart V Television Fiction and Public Knowledge; CHAPTER 8 Conclusions; Appendix: Focus Group Session Participants; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Why are some controversial issues covered in TV soaps and dramas and not others? How are decisions really made 'behind the scenes'? How do programme makers push boundaries without losing viewers? What do audiences take away from their viewing experience? Does TV fiction



have a greater impact on public understandings than TV news? This exciting new book draws on unique empirical data to examine the relationship between popular television fiction and wider society. The book gives lively and engaging insights into how and why socially sensitive story lines were taken up by different TV programmes