Television studies has come of age as the rapid expansion in media and communications courses shows. The Television Studies Book is a stimulating and challenging collection which analyses how the study of television has developed and points to new approaches dealing with rapidly changing technologies and formats. Chapters on the history and methods of studying television reflect on such issues as the impact of feminism and the development of ethnographic research while specific case studies on topics as varied as US 'people shows', Brazilian telenovelas and the varied use of video in the home give pointed and vivid accounts of current practices. Specially commissioned chapters by scholars such as Lynn Spigel, Jostein Gripsrud, Gillian Branston and Laura Stempel Murnford provide accessible and concise accounts of the main developments in television studies in a book which will become an important resource for students in higher education who need to relate broad overall accounts to more specialised interests being developed through academic research.

The Television Studies Book is a stimulating and challenging collection which analyses how the study of television has developed and points to new approaches dealing with rapidly changing technologies and formats.

About the Author
Christine Gerghty is Professor of Film and Television Studies at the University of Glasgow. David Lusted is Senior Lecturer in Film at Southampton Solent University.

Reviews
'one of the most important media books of recent years and has to be on the purchase order for every media department.' In the Picture 'Amid the plethora of media and communication studies readers...this edited collection stands out as a valuable new edition...a useful introduction to current debates within television studies.' European Journal of Communication



Book Information
ISBN 9780340662311
Author Christine Geraghty
Format Paperback
Page Count 352
Imprint Hodder Arnold
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Weight(grams) 532g
Dimensions(mm) 234mm * 157mm * 20mm