5th Edition
The New Television Handbook
Part 1: Background: Television structure and television studies 1. On the context and structure of contemporary television 2. Television studies Part 2: The practitioner’s perspective 3. Production and production management 4. The visual dimension 5. Sound 6. Post-production 7. Second screen and the production of material that supplements and enhances the main programme Part 3: About programmes 8. On genres 9. Narrative television 10. Documentary and factual 11. News and current affairs 12. ‘Everyday television’ and new genres Part 4: On education, training and getting into the industry Conclusion: Looking to the future
Biography
Patricia Holland has worked as an independent filmmaker, a television editor and a freelance journalist. She is currently a writer and researcher specialising in television history, and lectures at Bournemouth University, UK. Her most recent book is Broadcasting and the NHS in the Thatcherite 1980s (2013). She is the author of the first and second editions of The Television Handbook.
‘I am concerned however that there isn’t, or doesn’t seem to be, a focus on how television is consumed rather than produced… I think topics such as red button, second screen, 360 degree commissioning, transmedia, connectivity etc need to be drawn together in a cohesive fashion. I also feel that YouTube is slightly dismissed.’ – Andy Dougan, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, UK
‘The pace with which the media landscape is changing (and has changed since 2011) means that the debates around television(s) and its multi-platform nature are essential ones for students of both television practice and theory. As such, the retitling of the handbook as ‘new’ is absolutely appropriate and clearly indicates a recognition of what the author calls the ‘radical changes which have characterised television (since the 4th edition)’ – Beth Johnson, Keele University, UK
‘This is an excellent proposal and the author, who is highly regarded in academic circles, is well-equipped to undertake this task… For me the proposals main lacuna is that it underplays the significance of news as an important TV genre in its own right’ – Ivor Gaber, Goldsmiths, UK
‘The nature and role of TV production and TV studies is evolving so much and so fast – a book that reflects this change is timely and important. Here you cover the key areas well.’ – James Blake, Edinburgh Napier University, UK
Series editor feedback on proposal and reviews:
‘It looks very good to me...These are very positive reviews for a good proposal by a good author. My suggestion to Pat is that she does say something about the BJTC - it would be politic.’ – James Curran
