Television is a central dimension in our everyday lives and yet its meaning and its potency varies according to our individual circumstances, mediated by the social and cultural worlds which we inhabit. In this fascinating book, Roger Silverstone explores the enigma of television and how it has found its way so profoundly and intimately into the fabric of our everyday lives. His investigation, of great significance to those with a personal or professional interest in media, film and television studies, unravels its emotional and cognitive, spatial, temporal and political significance.

Drawing on a wide range of literature, from psychoanalysis to sociology and from geography to cultural studies, Silverstone constructs a theory of the medium which locates it centrally within the multiple realities and discourses of everyday life. Television emerges from these arguments as the fascinating, complex and contradictory medium that it is, but in the process many of the myths that surround it are exploded.

This outstanding book presents a radical new approach to the medium of television, one that both challenges received wisdoms and offers a compellingly original view of the place of television in everyday life.

About the Author
Arun S. Mujumdar is adjunct professor at McGill University, Montreal, and Western University, London, Canada. He earned his B.Chem.Eng with distinction from the Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai, India, and his M.Eng and Ph.D from McGill University. He is the founder/program chairman of the International Drying Symposium series. His work has been featured in over 500 refereed publications. He has authored two books, edited over 60 books, and currently serves as the editor-in-chief of Drying Technology-An International Journal. He is the recipient of numerous international awards including Doctor Honoris Causa from Lodz Technical University, Poland and the University of Lyon, France. In 2014 he received the prestigious National Award for International Cooperation in Science and Technology from the Government of China. Dr. Hong-Wei Xiao is an associate professor and Ph.D advisor at College of Engineering in China Agricultural University (CAU). He obtained his Bachelor and Doctoral degree of Agricultural Engineering from CAU in 2005 and 2010, respectively. Dr. Xiao's research focuses on developing innovative drying, blanching and osmotic dehydration technologies and equipments for agricultural products and food. Dr. Xiao has published more than 70 papers in the journals such as Drying Technology, Food Chemistry, Journal of Food Engineering, Food and Bioproducts Processing, LWT-Food Science and Technology, 6 book chapters in 5international books; obtained 27 China patents. His works have been cited more than 1400 times with 24 as his h-index according to Google scholar citations statistics.


Book Information
ISBN 9780415016469
Author Roger Silverstone
Format Hardback
Page Count 220
Imprint Routledge
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight(grams) 453g