Television Studies

Television Studies: The Key Concepts is the definitive reference guide to an area of rapidly expanding academic interest. Among those aspects of television studies covered in this comprehensive and up-to-date guide are: theoretical perspectives which have shaped the study of television - Marxism; semiology; feminism concepts which have shaped the study of television - narrative; representation; bias television genres - soap opera; news; science fiction methods used for understanding television - content analysis; audience research relevant social, economic and political phenomena - ownership; social policy.

Ben Calvert, Neil Casey, Bernadette Casey, Liam French, Justin Lewis

Introduction.  Acknowledgements.  List of Concepts.  Key Concepts.  Bibliography.  Index