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

• Autore: Wagner Jon Nelson
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Continuum, 2008
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (238 p.)
• Disciplina: 791.4509
• Soggetto topico: Motion pictures and television; Television in motion pictures
• Altri autori: MacLeanTracy Biga
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Television at the movies
• ISBN: 1-282-87614-7; 9786612876141; 1-4411-7940-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910809300303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II