{"product_id":"television-truths-9781405169806","title":"Television Truths","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTelevision Truths considers what we know about TV, whether we love it or hate it, where TV is going, and whether viewers should bother going along for the ride.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“John Hartley’s \u003ci\u003eTelevision Truths\u003c\/i\u003e is a complex and engaging work, inspired by an ambitious project of knowledge — a distinctive characteristic of this original and farsighted scholar.” (\u003ci\u003eInternational Journal of Communication\u003c\/i\u003e, April 2009)  \u003cp\u003e“Grand in scope, bold, witty, and engaging, \u003ci\u003eTelevision Truths\u003c\/i\u003e fashions a provocative new philosophy for the study and appreciation of both TV and a TV polity.” ( \u003ci\u003eJonathan Gray, author of\u003c\/i\u003e Watching with The Simpsons: Television, Parody, and Intertextuality\u003ci\u003e, co-editor of\u003c\/i\u003e Fandom: Identities and Communities in a Mediated World)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“As always, John Hartley’s provocative arguments and examples push against the boundaries and restrictions of conventional approaches. His focus on the multiple contexts of television adds greatly to our store of key questions about ‘television.’” ( \u003ci\u003eHorace Newcomb, Director, George Foster Peabody Awards, The University of Georgia)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Figures. \u003cp\u003eList of Tables.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Television Truths (Argumentation of TV).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Is TV True? (Epistemology of TV):\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. The Value Chain of Meaning.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Public Address Systems: Time, Space, and Frequency.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Television and Globalization.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: Is TV a Polity? (Ethics\/Politics of TV):.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Television, Nation, and Indigenous Media.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. A Television Republic?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Reality and the Plebiscite.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: Is TV Beautiful? (Aesthetics of TV):\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. From a “Wandering Booby” to a Field of Cows: The Television Live Event.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Shakespeare, Big Brother, and the Taming of the Self.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. Sync or Swim? Plebiscitary Sport and Synchronized Voting.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV: What Can TV Be? (Metaphysics of TV):.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. “Laughs and Legends” or the Furniture that Glows? Television as History.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. Television in Knowledge Paradigms.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49407902515543,"sku":"9781405169806","price":80.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781405169806.jpg?v=1730500905","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/television-truths-9781405169806","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}