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Books on: "TELEVISION PROGRAMS CRITICISM AND INTERPRETATION" (Subject)

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It's Time for My Story: Soap Opera Sources, Structure, and Response

Book by Carol Traynor Williams; Praeger Publishers, 1992

Subjects:

Popular culture--Study and teaching, Soap operas--History and criticism, Television programs--Criticism and interpretation

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Williams here examines soap opera sources, structure, and response, particularly from the critical viewpoints of psychology, both archetypal and empirical, and popular culture, specifically narratology and feminism, that uncover the true nature of the genre. First, Williams traces the development of ...
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Williams here examines soap opera sources, structure, and response, particularly from the critical viewpoints of psychology, both archetypal and empirical, and popular culture, specifically narratology and feminism, that uncover the true nature of the genre. First, Williams traces the development of soap opera from its immediate source in radio and television as well as from its fundamental source in age-old myth and storytelling. Then she analyzes the content and form that together make up the structure of soap opera. Finally, she looks at what soaps mean to watchers and in the process debunks many myths about soap opera.
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Meanings of the Medium: Perspectives on the Art of Television

Book by Katherine Usher Henderson, Joseph Anthony Mazzeo; Praeger Publishers, 1990

Subjects:

Popular culture--Study and teaching, Television programs--Criticism and interpretation

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Meanings of the Medium takes a new approach to the study of the past, present, and future of television. Most of its authors are not media experts but literary critics, philosophers, rhetoricians, and historians. They use their unique skills to examine three interwoven themes: the origin and meaning ...
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Meanings of the Medium takes a new approach to the study of the past, present, and future of television. Most of its authors are not media experts but literary critics, philosophers, rhetoricians, and historians. They use their unique skills to examine three interwoven themes: the origin and meaning of American attitudes toward television, the relationship between "high" art and television's popular art, and the relationship between particular kinds of programs and the audience's sensibilities. Stressing an aesthetic and historical approach, the volume directs itself to the reasons why people watch particular programs and what these patterns tell us about ourselves.
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Television Studies: Textual Analysis

Book by Gary Burns, Robert J. Thompson; Praeger Publishers, 1989

Subjects:

Popular culture--Study and teaching, Television programs--Criticism and interpretation

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Burns and Thompson help to remedy the lack of a forum for current research on television by bringing together some of the best recent research in television studies. In compiling these 13 papers, the editors maintain a balance of timely interest and lasting relevance. After an introductory debate ...
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Burns and Thompson help to remedy the lack of a forum for current research on television by bringing together some of the best recent research in television studies. In compiling these 13 papers, the editors maintain a balance of timely interest and lasting relevance. After an introductory debate primarily seeking a definition of Television Studies, ' the contributors study texts of current TV dramatic and comic series, such as Dallas and Cheers, as well as current trends in nonfiction TV, such as network and local news coverage. In a final essay, conventional wisdom about the audience' is refuted.
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