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Edinburgh University Press The Quiz Show
Book SynopsisA study of the quiz and game show format which has proved to be consistently popular with viewers since the growth of the medium in the 1950s.Trade ReviewThis book offers an absorbing and thoughtful discussion of a television genre, the quiz show, that has sustained its popularity since the emergence of television, yet only now, in this volume, receives the sustained and scholarly attention that it warrants. -- Professor Garry Whannel, University of Bedfordshire This book offers an absorbing and thoughtful discussion of a television genre, the quiz show, that has sustained its popularity since the emergence of television, yet only now, in this volume, receives the sustained and scholarly attention that it warrants.Table of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Genre and the Quiz Show; 2. Quiz Show Histories; 3. Quiz Show Theory: Approaching the Programme Text; 4. Knowledge in the Quiz Show; 5. The Quiz Show and Ordinary' People as Television Performers; 6. 'Asking the Audience': Quiz Shows and their Viewers; Conclusion; Bibliography.
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Taylor & Francis Framing Celebrity
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Taylor & Francis UNDERSTANDING REALITY TELEVISION
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Taylor & Francis UNDERSTANDING REALITY TELEVISION
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Taylor & Francis Framing Celebrity
Celebrity culture has a pervasive presence in our everyday lives â perhaps more so than ever before. It shapes not simply the production and consumption of media content but also the social values through which we experience the world. This collection analyses this phenomenon, bringing together essays which explore celebrity across a range of media, cultural and political contexts. The authors investigate topics such as the intimacy of fame, political celebrity, stardom in American âqualityâ television (Sarah Jessica Parker), celebrity 'reality' TV (Iâm a Celebrity â Get Me Out of Here!), the circulation of the porn star, the gallery film (David/David Beckham), the concept of cartoon celebrity (The Simpsons), fandom and celebrity (k.d. lang, *NSYNC), celebrity in the tabloid press, celebrity magazines (heat, Celebrity Skins), the fame of the serial killer and narratives of mental illness in celebrity culture. The collection is organi
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Taylor & Francis Celebrity Audiences
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Intellect Books British TV and Film Culture in the 1950s: Coming
Book SynopsisThis book focuses on the emerging historical relations between British television and film culture in the 1950s. Drawing upon archival research, it does this by exploring the development of the early cinema programme on television - principally Current Release (BBC, 1952-3), Picture Parade (BBC, 1956) and Film Fanfare (ABC, 1956-7) - and argues that it was these texts which played the central role in the developing relations between the media. Particularly when it comes to Britain, the early co-existence of television and cinema has been seen as hostile and antagonistic, but in situating these programmes within the contexts of their institutional production, aesthetic construction and reception, the book aims to ‘reconstruct’ television’s coverage of the cinema as crucial to the fabric of British film and television culture at the time. It demonstrates how the roles of cinema and television - as media industries and cultural forms, but crucially as sites of screen entertainment - effectively came together at this time in such a way that is unique to this decade.
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Manchester University Press Entertaining television
Book SynopsisAn energetic look at BBC Television in 1950s, illustrating how it was at the forefront of popular programming, including the first Reality TV programmes, quiz and game shows, even 'problem' talk shows. -- .Trade ReviewAnyone interested in television studies, British or American and its history or present will find much here to inform and enhance their knowledge and interest., Kathleen Collins, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, NY, Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly 92(2), 14 May 2015 -- .Table of ContentsList of FiguresAcknowledgementsIntroduction 1 Public Service and the Popular: Debates and Developments 2 ‘Neighbours to the Nation’: ‘Soap Opera’, the BBC and (Re)visiting The Grove Family (1954–57) 3 ‘The “Give-Away” Shows – But Who is Really Paying?’ Rethinking Quiz and Game Shows on 1950s British Television4 The Problem Show – ‘An…. Unmarried mother sat in a wing-backed chair on TV last night…’BBC Television asks Is This Your Problem? (1955-57)5 From ‘Serialitis’ to ‘Torture, Treacle, Tears and Trickery’: Framing Television Fame6 Conclusion: ‘There’s nothing really better than what you’re used to, is there?’Bibliography
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Manchester University Press Entertaining Television
Book SynopsisAn energetic look at BBC Television in 1950s, illustrating how it was at the forefront of popular programming, including the first Reality TV programmes, quiz and game shows, even 'problem' talk shows. -- .Trade ReviewAnyone interested in television studies, British or American and its history or present will find much here to inform and enhance their knowledge and interest., Kathleen Collins, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, NY, Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly 92(2), 14 May 2015 -- .Table of ContentsList of FiguresAcknowledgementsIntroduction 1 Public Service and the Popular: Debates and Developments 2 ‘Neighbours to the Nation’: ‘Soap Opera’, the BBC and (Re)visiting The Grove Family (1954-57) 3 ‘The “Give-Away” Shows – But Who is Really Paying?’ Rethinking Quiz and Game Shows on 1950s British Television4 The Problem Show – ‘An…. Unmarried mother sat in a wing-backed chair on TV last night…’BBC Television asks Is This Your Problem? (1955-57)5 From ‘Serialitis’ to ‘Torture, Treacle, Tears and Trickery’: Framing Television Fame6 Conclusion: ‘There’s nothing really better than what you’re used to, is there?’Bibliography
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