A Companion to Television (Electronic book text, 1st edition)

"A Companion to Television" is a magisterial collection of 31 original essays that charter the field of television studies over the past century Explores a diverse range of topics and theories that have led to television's current incarnation, and predict its likely futureCovers technology and aesthetics, television's relationship to the state, televisual commerce; texts, representation, genre, internationalism, and audience reception and effectsEssays are by an international group of first-rate scholars

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