ISBN:
041508508X
,
9780415085083
,
0415085098
,
9780415085090
,
0203024877
,
9780203024874
,
9781134886456
,
1134886454
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (x, 246 pages)
,
illustrations
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Hartley, John, 1948- Uses of television
DDC:
302.2345
Keywords:
Television broadcasting Social aspects
;
Télévision Aspect social
;
Television broadcasting Social aspects
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Media Studies
;
Television broadcasting ; Social aspects
;
Theorie
;
Fernsehforschung
;
Televisie
;
Sociale aspecten
;
Télévision ; Influence
;
Télévision ; Aspect social
;
Fernsehen
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
How does television function within society? Why have both its programmes and its audiences been so widely denigrated? Taking inspiration from Richard Hoggarts classic study The Uses of Literacy, John Hartleys new book is a lucid defence of the place of television in our lives, and of the usefulness of television studies. Hartley re-conceptualizes television as a transmodern medium, capable of reuniting government, education and media, and of creating a new kind of cultural teaching which facilitates communication across social and geographical boundaries. He provides a historical framework for the development of both television and television studies, his focus ranging from an analysis of the early documentary Housing Problems, to the much-overlooked cultural impact of the refrigerator
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-241) and index. - Description based on print version record
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