LEADER 03446nam 2200709Ia 450 001 9910814106403321 005 20240416103405.0 010 $a0-7486-5117-9 010 $a1-280-95313-6 010 $a9786610953134 010 $a0-7486-3089-9 024 7 $a10.1515/9780748630899 035 $a(CKB)1000000000351096 035 $a(EBL)313184 035 $a(OCoLC)476101710 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000247503 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11195971 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000247503 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10200108 035 $a(PQKB)11142288 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000055501 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC313184 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL313184 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10435288 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL95313 035 $a(DE-B1597)615592 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780748630899 035 $a(OCoLC)1306539189 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000351096 100 $a20070215d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSocial issues in television fiction /$fLesley Henderson 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aEdinburgh $cEdinburgh University Press$d2007 215 $a1 online resource (209 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-7486-2531-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [184]-194) and index. 327 $aCOPYRIGHT; 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 327 $aCHAPTER 7 Public Understandings, Sexual Violence and Safe SpacesPart V Television Fiction and Public Knowledge; CHAPTER 8 Conclusions; Appendix: Focus Group Session Participants; References; Index 330 $aWhy 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 606 $aTelevision plays$xThemes, motives 606 $aTelevision viewers$xAttitudes 606 $aTelevision$xSocial aspects 606 $aSocial problems in mass media 615 0$aTelevision plays$xThemes, motives. 615 0$aTelevision viewers$xAttitudes. 615 0$aTelevision$xSocial aspects. 615 0$aSocial problems in mass media. 676 $a302.2345 700 $aHenderson$b Lesley$0174053 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910814106403321 996 $aSocial issues in television fiction$94081213 997 $aUNINA