TV & society books

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Documents the 70-year struggle between broadcasters and viewers over control of the entertainment experience. Chapters...  Read More >>

An insightful and timely reappraisal of international broadcasting as an instrument of discursive rather than 'soft'...  Read More >>

This book argues that highly praised prestige TV shows reveal the underlying fantasies and contradictions of upper-middle...  Read More >>

This book argues that highly praised prestige TV shows reveal the underlying fantasies and contradictions of upper-middle...  Read More >>

This book reveals the fascinating history of how and why people gathered in the streets of Victorian Toronto both...  Read More >>

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Offers an important insight into the formative moments of transnational film culture in Australia  Read More >>

A sociological study of reality TV that explores its rise as a culture-dominating medium--and what the genre reveals...  Read More >>

Talking about Journalism focuses on the relationship between journalism and the public and engages with this as...  Read More >>

In this book, Anna Marie Bautista delves into the increased visibility of gender inequality, largely brought about...  Read More >>

India Retold: Dialogues with Independent Documentary Filmmakers in India is an attempt to situate and historicize...  Read More >>

Bringing together studies of a range of texts, this volume addresses the relationship between irony and popular...  Read More >>

The essays in this anthology study Israeli television, its different forms of representation, audiences and production...  Read More >>

This volume examines the shift towards positive and more accurate portrayals of mental illness in entertainment...  Read More >>

The first book in English on Chinese-language media in Australia, Digital Transnationalism explores the challenges,...  Read More >>

This volume on Star Trek: Discovery brings together eighteen essays and one interview from a variety of disciplines...  Read More >>

Creating TV Formats: from Inception to Pitch takes the reader through a step-by-step process of how to generate...  Read More >>

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Creating TV Formats: from Inception to Pitch takes the reader through a step-by-step process of how to generate...  Read More >>

This book breaks new ground by exploring music and sound within the Star Trek franchise across decades and media,...  Read More >>

This book considers the ways in which Black directors, screenwriters, and showrunners contend with the figure of...  Read More >>

This comprehensive textbook, now substantially updated for its fourth edition, provides students with a framework...  Read More >>

This comprehensive textbook, now substantially updated for its fourth edition, provides students with a framework...  Read More >>

Chris Comerford explores cinematic digital television as an artistic classification and an academic object of study,...  Read More >>