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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782558003321

Autore

Orlik Peter B.

Titolo

Electronic media criticism : applied perspectives / / by Peter B. Orlik

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2009

ISBN

1-135-84512-3

1-135-84513-1

1-281-89972-0

9786611899721

0-203-88855-3

Edizione

[3rd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (559 p.)

Collana

Electronic media criticism : communication series

Disciplina

302.23

302.231

Soggetti

Mass media criticism

Criticism

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. [501]-530) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Illustrations; Critiques; Preface; 1 The Essence of Criticism; 2 Critical Functions; 3 Criticism and the Communication Process; 4 Knowledge Processing; 5 Tonal and Talent Ingredients; 6 Stage-Molding Ingredients; 7 Business Gratifications; 8 Audience Gratifications; 9 Depiction Analysis; 10 Structural Analysis; 11 Probing Ethics and Values; 12 Aesthetics and Art; 13 The Logic of Aesthetic Form; 14 Reality Programming; 15 Composite Criticism; Appendix A: Specimen Scripts; Appendix B: Suggested Exercises; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Electronic Media Criticism introduces readers to a variety of critical approaches to audio and video discourse on radio, television and the Internet. The book applies key aesthetic, sociological, philosophical, psychological, structural and economic principles to arrive at a comprehensive evaluation of both programming and advertising content. It includes numerous critiques to illustrate the ways in which critical expression can be structured, providing readers with feasible and flexible tools for focused and rational analysis of electronic media product as well as enhanced underst