Canadian Television: Text and Context (Film and Media Studies) - Softcover

Marian Bredin (editor),

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1554583616 ISBN 13: 9781554583614

Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2011

Synopsis

Canadian Television: Text and Context explores the creation and circulation of entertainment television in Canada from the interdisciplinary perspective of television studies. Each chapter connects arguments about particular texts of Canadian television to critical analysis of the wider cultural, social, and economic contexts in which they are created. The book surveys the commercial and technological imperatives of the Canadian television industry, the shifting role of the CBC as Canada's public broadcaster, the dynamics of Canada's multicultural and multiracial audiences, and the function of television's ""star system."" Foreword by The Globe and Mail's television critic, John Doyle.

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About the Author

Marian Bredin is an associate professor in the Department of Communication, Popular Culture and Film, and the MA Program in Popular Culture at Brock University.

Scott Henderson is an associate professor in the Department of Communication, Popular Culture and Film, and the MA Program in Popular Culture at Brock University.

Sarah A. Matheson is an associate professor in the Department of Communication, Popular Culture and Film, and the MA Program in Popular Culture at Brock University.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier University Press
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1554583616
• ISBN 13: 9781554583614
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 238