Television and American Culture
ISBN13: 9780195306675ISBN10: 0195306678
Paperback, 320 pages
Feb 2009,
In Stock
due May 28 2013
Retail Price to Students:
$59.95 (04)
320 pages;
60 illus.;
6-1/8 x 9-1/4;
ISBN13: 978-0-19-530667-5ISBN10: 0-19-530667-8
In this timely and provocative book, Jason Mittell provides students with a uniquely thorough look at the medium of television.
Table of Contents
Introduction: Why Television?
SECTION 1: TELEVISION INSTITUTIONS
1. Exchanging Programming
2. Exchanging Audiences
3. Serving the Public Interest
4. Televised Citizenship
SECTION 2: TELEVISION MEANINGS
5. Making Meanings
6. Telling Television Stories
7. Screening America
8. Representing Identity
SECTION 3: TELEVISION PRACTICES
9. Viewing Television
10. Television for Children
11. Television's Transforming Technologies
Conclusion: American Television in a Global Context
