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The Television Reader: Critical Perspective in Canadian and US Television Studies(English)

The Television Reader: Critical Perspective in Canadian and US Television Studies(English)

          
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The Television Reader: Critical Perspectives in Canadian and US Television Studies is a core text for Television Studies courses taught at the second- and third-year level. With 27 chapters divided into four parts, our text brings together exciting and contemporary writing in the field of Canadian and US television studies. The Television Reader includes introductory essays and two brand new chapters written by the editors, as well as 25 previously published articles. The selection of material covers economic, genre, historical, political, technological, and theoretical characteristics of Canadian and US television. The first part of the text, 'Theorizing Television,' discusses theoretical approaches to studying television as a cultural form, a genre, and a mode of communication. Part II, 'History and Characteristics of TV Broadcasting in Canada and the US,' contains readings discussing the similarities and differences, from political and economic perspectives, that shape Canadian and US television. Part III, 'TV Genre: Contexts and Textual Analysis,' includes trendy, relevant readings on genre in television. The fourth part, 'Emerging Trends in Television Studies,' examines the future of both general television and Canadian television. Finally, each part is accompanied by suggestions for further reading and chapter-specific discussion questions to further student engagement and understanding.

Table of Contents:
PREFACE; INTRODUCTION: MAKING CRITICAL TV STUDIES 'VISIBLE'; PART I: THEORIZING TELEVISION; 1. Critical Approaches to the Study of 'TV': An Introduction; TANNER MIRRLEES AND JOSEPH KISPAL-KOVACS; DISCUSSION QUESTIONS AND SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING; PART II: HISTORY AND CHARACTERISTICS OF TV BROADCASTING IN CANADA AND THE US: POLITICAL ECONOMY; 2. The Radio Act of 1927: Progressive Ideology, Epistemology, and Praxis. Mark Goodman and Mark Gring; 3. Women's Work. Lynn Spigel; 4. Canada. Marc Raboy; 5. A Usable History for the Study of Television. Paul Attallah; DISCUSSION QUESTIONS AND SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING; PART III: TV GENRE: CONTEXTS AND TEXTUAL ANALYSIS; 1. SIT-COMS; 6. From Trailer Trash to Trailer Park Boys. Dean Defino; 7. Little Mosque on the Prairie: Examining Multicultural Spaces of Nation and Religion. Sandra Canas; 2. SCIENCE FICTION; 8. Downloading Doppelgangers: New Media Anxieties and Transnational Ironies in Battlestar Galactica. Mark McCutcheon; 3. COP/CRIME SHOWS; 9. CSI and Moral Authority: The Police and Science. Gray Cavender and Sarah K. Deutsch; 10. Rewriting Baltimore. Marsha Kinder; 4. REALITY-TV; 11. Making the Most of 15 Minutes: Reality TV's Dispensable Celebrity. Sue Collins; 12. Reality TV Formats: The Case of Canadian Idol. Doris Baltruschat; 5. NEWS PRODUCTION AND NEWS PARODY; 13. Laughing at Authority or Authorizing Laughter?. Zoe Druick; 14. The Daily Show: Discursive Integration and Reinvention of Political Journalism. Geoffrey Baym; 6. TV WAR; 15. Entertainment Wars: Television Culture after 9/11. Lynn Spigel; 16. Interrogating 24: Making Sense of US Counterterrorism in the Global War on Terrorism. Elspeth Van Veeren; 7. TV SPORTS; 17. 'Get the Puck Outta Here!': Media Transnationalism and Canadian Identity. Daniel Mason; 18. Some Notes on Televised Team Sports in North America. Joseph Kispal-Kovacs; DISCUSSION QUESTIONS AND SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING; PART IV: EMERGING TRENDS IN TV STUDIES: INTERACTIVE AUDIENCES, ADVERTISING, GLOBALIZATION, AND POST-NETWORK TV; 1. TV'S INTERACTIVE AUDIENCE AND ADVERTISING; 19. Understanding How the Popular Becomes Popular: The Role of Political Economy in the Study of Popular Communication. Eileen R. Meehan; 20. YouTube: Where Cultural Memory and Copyright Converge. Lucas Hilderbrand; 21. Watching Television without Pity: The Productivity of Online Fans. Mark Andrejevic; 22. The Commodity Flow of U.S. Children's Television. Matthew P. McAllister and J. Matt Giglio; 2. GLOBAL TV: MEDIA IMPERIALISM AND MEDIA GLOBALIZATION; 23. McTV: Understanding the Global Popularity of Television Formats. Silvio Waisbord; 24. National Television, Global Market: Canada's Degrassi: The Next Generation. Elana Levine; 25. Imagining America: The Simpsons Go Global. Jonathan Gray; 26. Walking a Tightrope: The Global Cultural Economy of Canadian Television. Serra Tinic; 3. POST-NETWORK TV; 27. The Future of Television: Revolution Paused, Media Conglomeration ContinuedTanner Mirrlees; DISCUSSION QUESTIONS AND SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING; GLOSSARY


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780195446876
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press
  • Depth: 19
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: Critical Perspective in Canadian and US Television Studies
  • Width: 177 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0195446879
  • Publisher Date: 25 Oct 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Height: 228 mm
  • No of Pages: 454
  • Series Title: English
  • Weight: 680 gr


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