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This comprehensive textbook, now substantially updated for its fourth edition, provides students with a framework for understanding the key concepts and main approaches to Television Studies, including audiences, representation, industry and global television, as well as the analytical study of individual programmes.

This new edition reflects the significant changes the television industry is undergoing in the streaming era with an explosion of new content and providers, whilst also identifying how many existing practices have endured. The book includes a glossary of key terms, with each chapter suggesting further reading.

New and updated material includes:

  • Chapters on style and form, narrative, industry, and representation and identity

  • Case studies on Bon Appétit's YouTube channel, Insecure, British youth television, ABC and Disney+, fixed-rig observational documentary, streaming platforms'' use of data to shape audience exp

    Table of Contents

    Introduction 1. Studying Television 2. Television Style and Form 3. Television Narrative 4. Television Histories 5. Television Industries 6. Television Genres and Formats 7. Television Realities 8. Television Production 9. Television Audiences 10. Television Representation and Identity 11. Television Cultures and Globalisation 12. Television and Quality Glossary of key terms

An Introduction to Television Studies

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    A Paperback by Faye Woods, Faye Woods

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      Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
      Publication Date: 1/21/2022 12:12:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9781138665828, 978-1138665828
      ISBN10: 1138665827
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      This comprehensive textbook, now substantially updated for its fourth edition, provides students with a framework for understanding the key concepts and main approaches to Television Studies, including audiences, representation, industry and global television, as well as the analytical study of individual programmes.

      This new edition reflects the significant changes the television industry is undergoing in the streaming era with an explosion of new content and providers, whilst also identifying how many existing practices have endured. The book includes a glossary of key terms, with each chapter suggesting further reading.

      New and updated material includes:

      • Chapters on style and form, narrative, industry, and representation and identity

      • Case studies on Bon Appétit's YouTube channel, Insecure, British youth television, ABC and Disney+, fixed-rig observational documentary, streaming platforms'' use of data to shape audience exp

        Table of Contents

        Introduction 1. Studying Television 2. Television Style and Form 3. Television Narrative 4. Television Histories 5. Television Industries 6. Television Genres and Formats 7. Television Realities 8. Television Production 9. Television Audiences 10. Television Representation and Identity 11. Television Cultures and Globalisation 12. Television and Quality Glossary of key terms

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