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Author:   John Fiske
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Edition:   2nd edition
Dimensions:   Width: 13.80cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.534kg
ISBN:  

9780415596473

ISBN 10:   0415596475
Pages:   424
Publication Date:   30 September 2010
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

@contents: Selected Contents: Acknowledgements Why Fiske Still Matters Henry Jenkins John Fiske and Television Culture Ron Becker, Aniko Bodroghkozy, Steve Classen, Elana Levine, Jason Mittell, Greg Smith and Pamela Wilson Notes on Contributors Chapter 1 Some television, some topics, and some terminology Chapter 2 Realism Chapter 3 Realism and ideology Chapter 4 Subjectivity and address Chapter 5 Active audiences Chapter 6 Activated texts Chapter 7 Intertextuality Chapter 8 Narrative Chapter 9 Character reading Chapter 10 Gendered television: femininity Chapter 11 Gendered television: masculinity Chapter 12 Pleasure and play Chapter 13 Carnival and style Chapter 14 Quizzical pleasures Chapter 15 News readings, news readers Chapter 16 Conclusion: the popular economy References Name index Subject index

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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"

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

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

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John Fiske is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Communication Arts at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA.

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