2nd Edition
Making Sense of Television The Psychology of Audience Interpretation
By Sonia Livingstone
Copyright 1998
224 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
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Taking the soap opera as a case study, this book explores the 'parasocial interaction' people engage in with television programmes. It looks at the nature of the 'active viewer' and the role of the text in social psychology. It also investigates the existing theoretical models offered by social psychology and other discourses. This second edition takes into account recent research work and... Read more
Chapter 1 The Social Psychology of the Television Viewer; Chapter 2 The Active Viewer; Chapter 3 The Case of the Soap Opera; Chapter 4 The Role of the Text in Social Psychology; Chapter 5 The Resourceful Viewer; Chapter 6 Viewers’ Representations of Television Characters; Chapter 7 Divergent Interpretations of Television Soap Opera; Chapter 8 Audiences and Interpretations;
Biography
Livingstone, Sonia
'The book provides extremely useful thoughts and approaches for media scholars an impressive book.' - European Journal of Communication, 15(1)
