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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809300303321

Autore

Wagner Jon Nelson

Titolo

Television at the movies : cinematic and critical approaches to American broadcasting / / Jon Nelson Wagner and Tracy Biga MacLean

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Continuum, 2008

ISBN

1-282-87614-7

9786612876141

1-4411-7940-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (238 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MacLeanTracy Biga

Disciplina

791.4509

Soggetti

Motion pictures and television

Television in motion pictures

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. 209-223).

Includes filmography: p. 201-207.

Nota di contenuto

Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. Elegy; 3. Paranoia; 4. New Flesh; 5. The Vidiot; 6. Apocalypse; 7. Nostalgia; 8. Feminization; 9. Noir Fatal; 10. Seriality; 11. Is There an Audience in the House?; Notes; Filmography; Videography; Bibliography

Sommario/riassunto

The overview of television criticism, which this book provides, comes appropriately at a moment of change. Television is becoming dramatically different as a result of new and developing technologies such as cable, HDTV , satellite transmission and broadband distributions. By concentrating on the still-dominant notion of television, what the authors call "Classical Network Television," they argue that it is as important to understand this model as it is to understand Classical Hollywood Cinema. The co-authors have a unique approach to the study of television, viewing its history and reception