03134nam 2200601 a 450 991081679770332120200520144314.01-134-94041-61-134-94042-41-280-47832-297866104783230-203-13334-X10.4324/9780203133347 (CKB)1000000000002072(EBL)165716(OCoLC)56119093(SSID)ssj0000137533(PQKBManifestationID)11134144(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000137533(PQKBWorkID)10088824(PQKB)11230206(MiAaPQ)EBC165716(EXLCZ)99100000000000207219900301d1991 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDesperately seeking the audience /Ien Ang1st ed.London ;New York Routledge19911 online resource (185 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-138-13635-2 0-415-05270-X Includes bibliographical references (p. [186]-199) and index.Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface and acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Institutional knowledge: the need to control; 2 Audience-as-market and audience-as-public; 3 Television audience as taxonomic collective; 4 The limits of discursive control; 5 Commercial knowledge: measuring the audience; 6 In search of the audience commodity; 7 Streamlining 'television audience'; 8 The streamlined audience disrupted: impact of the new technologies; 9 The people meter 'solution'; 10 Revolt of the viewer? The elusive audience11 Normative knowledge: the breakdown of the public service ideal12 Britain: the BBC and the loss of the disciplined audience; 13 Netherlands: VARA and the loss of the natural audience; 14 Repairing the loss: the desire for audience information; Conclusions: Understanding television audiencehood; Notes; Bibliography; IndexMillions of people all over the world are avid members of the television audience. Yet, despite the central place television occupies in contemporary culture, our understanding of its complex and dynamic role in everyday life remains surprisingly limited. Focusing on the television audience, Ien Ang asks why we understand so little about its nature, and argues that our ignorance arises directly out of the biases inherent in prevailing official knowledge about it. She sets out to deconstruct the assumptions of this official knowledge by exploring the territory where it is mainly produced - theTelevision viewersUnited StatesTelevision viewersEuropeTelevision viewersTelevision viewers384.55/1Ang Ien526680MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910816797703321Desperately seeking the audience1253818UNINA