Television Books

New and Published Books

1. Routledge Library Editions: Television

   By Various

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Television

   Reissuing works originally published between 1974 and 1999, Routledge Library Editions: Television offers a selection of scholarship covering the exploration of TV. Volumes vary from general texts on the advent, influence or future of broadcasting to specific studies of television and parliament,...

   Published May 8th 2013 by Routledge
2. Televising Democracies

   Edited by Bob Franklin

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Television

   Published in 1992, this was the first book to assess the impact of television broadcasting on the House of Commons and its Member’s behaviour. It looks at the implications for political journalism as well as broader questions concerning the role of media in a democracy. Bringing together...

   Published May 8th 2013 by Routledge
3. Television News and the Elderly

   Broadcast Managers' Attitudes Toward Older Adults

   By Michael L. Hilt

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Television

   This concise survey investigates the television general managers’ and news directors’ attitudes towards the elderly in the United States. Originally published in 1997, it raises important issues of ageing in relation to the media with specific focus on the older viewer’s status as a viewing...

   Published May 8th 2013 by Routledge
4. Reaching a Critical Mass

   A Critical Analysis of Television Entertainment

   By Robert Abelman

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Television

   This book reminds readers that the simple act of watching television is not simple at all, but is a highly calculated and controlled interaction between the companies that produce television and the people who watch it. It looks at the television industry and examines how it operates to help us...

   Published May 8th 2013 by Routledge
5. The Language of Television

   Uses and Abuses

   By Albert Hunt

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Television

   The first part of this book assesses how television presents viewers with information - contrasting the ‘official reality’ of news and current affairs programmes with the anarchic view of the world put out by such as Morecambe and Wise and the two Ronnies. It challenges the politics of programme...

   Published May 8th 2013 by Routledge
6. The Ideological Octopus

   An Exploration of Television and its Audience

   By Justin Lewis

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Television

   Originally published in 1991, this introduction to studying the television audience discusses developments in semiology and cultural studies and their contribution to our understanding of the power of television. How, in the most precise and intricate sense, does television influence the way we...

   Published May 8th 2013 by Routledge
7. China Turned On

   Television, Reform and Resistance

   By James Lull

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Television

   The years following the Cultural Revolution saw the arrival of television as part of China’s effort to ‘modernize’ and open up to the West. Endorsed by the Deng Xiaoping regime as a ‘bridge’ between government and the people, television became at once the official mouthpiece of the Communist Party...

   Published May 8th 2013 by Routledge
8. Cable Television and the Future of Broadcasting

   Edited by Ralph Negrine

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Television

   Originally published in 1985, this book surveys developments in cable television in the major industrialised countries with chapters specifically authored on each area. It looks at the technology, its potential, and how far it had been implemented, considering the reaction of governments, existing...

   Published May 8th 2013 by Routledge
9. Satellite Broadcasting

   The Politics and Implications of the New Media

   Edited by Ralph Negrine

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Television

   Originally published in 1988, this book provides a thorough examination of the possibilities and key issues in satellite technology which at the time already seemed likely to change the face of broadcasting both within nations and internationally. It begins with a guide to the technical development...

   Published May 8th 2013 by Routledge
10. Remote Control

    Television, Audiences, and Cultural Power

    Edited by Ellen Seiter, Hans Borchers, Gabriele Kreutzner, Eva-Maria Warth

    Series: Routledge Library Editions: Television

    The ways in which we watch television tell us much about our views of gender, the family and society. Bringing together the leading experts in the field of audience studies, this book investigates how viewers watch television, and what they think about the programmes they see. Originally published...

    Published May 8th 2013 by Routledge