03338nam 2200661Ia 450 991045734940332120200520144314.00-7486-5117-91-280-95313-697866109531340-7486-3089-9(CKB)1000000000351096(EBL)313184(OCoLC)476101710(SSID)ssj0000247503(PQKBManifestationID)11195971(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000247503(PQKBWorkID)10200108(PQKB)11142288(StDuBDS)EDZ0000055501(MiAaPQ)EBC313184(Au-PeEL)EBL313184(CaPaEBR)ebr10435288(CaONFJC)MIL95313(EXLCZ)99100000000035109620070215d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSocial issues in television fiction[electronic resource] /Lesley HendersonEdinburgh Edinburgh University Press20071 online resource (209 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7486-2531-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. [184]-194) and index.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 AudiencesCHAPTER 7 Public Understandings, Sexual Violence and Safe SpacesPart V Television Fiction and Public Knowledge; CHAPTER 8 Conclusions; Appendix: Focus Group Session Participants; References; IndexWhy 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 programmesTelevision playsThemes, motivesTelevision viewersAttitudesTelevisionSocial aspectsSocial problems in mass mediaElectronic books.Television playsThemes, motives.Television viewersAttitudes.TelevisionSocial aspects.Social problems in mass media.302.2345Henderson Lesley174053MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910457349403321Social issues in television fiction2046490UNINA