Television Studies: The Key Concepts (Routledge Key Guides)

Television Studies: The Key Concepts (Routledge Key Guides)

<EM>Television Studies: The Key Concepts</EM> is the definitive reference guide to an area of rapidly expanding academic interest. Among those aspects of television studies covered in this comprehensive and up-to-date guide are: <UL> <LI>theoretical perspectives which have shaped the study of television - Marxism; semiology; feminism</LI> <LI>concepts which have shaped the study of television - narrative; representation; bias</LI> <LI>television genres - soap opera; news; science fiction</LI> <LI>methods used for understanding television - content analysis; audience research</LI> <LI>relevant social, economic and political phenomena - ownership; social policy.</LI></UL>