Television Books

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1. Branding Television

   By Catherine Johnson

   June 2011 | 978-0-415-54843-4 | Paperback (Routledge)

2. Documentary: Witness & Watching

   By John Ellis

   May 2011 | 978-0-415-57419-8 | Paperback (Routledge)

3. The Television Handbook, 4th Edition

   By Jeremy Orlebar

   Updated with information and discussion on new technologies and new critical ideas, this introduction to the practice and theory of television relates media studies theories and critical approaches to practical television programme making....

   April 2011 | 978-0-415-60413-0 | Hardback (Routledge)

4. Legitimating Television: Media Convergence and Cultural Status

   By Elana Levine, Michael Z. Newman

   March 2011 | 978-0-415-88026-8 | Paperback (Routledge)

5. Music in Television

   Edited by JAMES DEAVILLE

   March 2011 | 978-0-415-88136-4 | Paperback (Routledge)

6. Watching Sport: Aesthetics, Ethics and Emotion for the Spectator

   By Stephen Mumford

   While philosophy of sport has tended to focus on the participator, the majority of people actually experience sport as a spectator. Mumford here considers the philosophical import of watching sport, suggesting that far from being passive, it is an aesthetic, a moral and an emotional experience for...

   January 2011 | 978-0-415-37790-4 | Hardback (Routledge)
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   Global Television Formats: Circulating Culture, Producing Identity

   Edited by Tasha Oren, Sharon Shahaf

   For decades, television scholars have viewed global television through the lens of cultural imperialism, focusing primarily on programs produced in the US and UK markets and exported to foreign markets. This book explores how, thanks to recent technological innovation and globalization, television...

   January 2011 | 978-0-415-96545-3 | Paperback (Routledge)

8. Parody and Taste in Postwar American Television Culture

   By Ethan Thompson

   In this original study, Thompson explores the complicated relationships between Americans and television during the 1950s, as seen and effected through popular humor. Parody and Taste in Postwar American Television Culture documents how Americans grew accustomed to understanding politics, current...

   December 2010 | 978-0-415-88638-3 | Hardback (Routledge)

9. Television and Presidential Power in Putin’s Russia

   By Tina Burrett

   As a new president takes power in Russia, this book provides an analysis of the changing relationship between control of Russian television media and presidential power during the tenure of President Vladimir Putin. It argues that the conflicts within Russia’s political and economic elites, and...

   December 2010 | 978-0-415-56182-2 | Hardback (Routledge)

10. Paranormal Media: Audiences, Spirits and Magic in Popular Culture

    By Annette Hill

    The paranormal has gone mainstream.Beliefs are on the rise, with almost half of the British population, and two thirds of Americans, claiming to believe in extra sensory perceptions and hauntings. Psychic magazines like Spirit and Destiny, television shows such as Fringe, Ghost Whisperer and Most...

    November 2010 | 978-0-415-54463-4 | Paperback (Routledge)