Why viewers watch [[electronic resource] ] : a reappraisal of television's effects / / Jib Fowles

• Autore: Fowles Jib
• Pubblicazione: Newbury Park, Calif. ; ; London, : SAGE, c1992
• Edizione: Rev. ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xi, 281 p.)
• Disciplina: 302.2345
• Soggetto topico: Television - Psychological aspects; Television broadcasting - Social aspects; Television viewers - United States
• Altri autori: FowlesJib
• Note generali: Rev. edition of: Television viewers vs. media snobs. 1982.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Preface to the Revised Edition; Chapter 1 - On Trial; Chapter 2 - A Checkered Past; Chapter 3 - What Viewers Truly Want (and Get) from Television; Chapter 4 - How it Happens That Viewers Get What They Want; Chapter 5 - TV Priggery; Chapter 6 - Television is Good for Nerves; Chapter 7 - Television is Good for Spleens; Chapter 8 - Television is Good for Hearts; Chapter 9 - Television is Good for Brains; Chapter 10 - Television is Good for Children; Chapter 11 - Television Heals; References; Index; About the Author
• Sommario/riassunto: Substantially updated, this revised edition of Why Viewers Watch presents recent research, overlooked past studies and fresh survey data to offer an alternative perspective on the role of television and how it serves its viewers psychologically. Fowles argues that television is a `grandly therapeutic force' - a tension-reliever of great benefit to viewers. He also examines the phenomenon of media snobbery - anti-television attitudes proliferated by those who want to feel superior to others by denigrating television viewing.
• Titolo autorizzato: Why viewers watch
• ISBN: 1-4833-4530-0; 1-4522-4591-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910790967903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II