Television Culture (Studies in Communication Series) - Softcover

Fiske, John

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9780415039345: Television Culture (Studies in Communication Series)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0415039347 ISBN 13: 9780415039345

Publisher: Routledge, 1987

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A comprehensive introduction to television studies. Fiske analyzes both the economic and cultural aspects of television and investigates it in terms of both theory and text based criticism.

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"If you had to recommend a single work which applies cultural studies clearly, comprehensively, intelligently and generously to a major subject of inquiry, this would be it." Media Information Australia

"Fiske’s analyses skilfully trace the insertion of conflicting social, economic, cultural and political ideologies within the television text." Darrell Y. Hamamoto, Film Quarterly

Synopsis:

This textbook on television by best-selling author John Fiske provides a comprehensive introduction to television studies. He examines both the economic and cultural aspects of television, and investigates it in terms of both theory and text-based criticism. Fiske introduces the main arguments from current British, American, Australian and French scholarship in a style accessible to the student, providing an integrated study of approaches to the medium.

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