Beschreibung:
A comprehensive introduction to television studies. Fiske analyzes both the economic and cultural aspects of television and investigates it in terms of both theory and text based criticism.
@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