Critical ideas in television studies /
John Corner.
- Oxford [England] : New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, 1999.
- 139 p. ; 24 cm.
- Oxford television studies .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [129]-135) and index.
CONTENTS: Introduction: Criticism, Research, and Theory -- Institution -- Image -- Talk -- Narrative -- Flow -- Production -- Reception -- Pleasure -- Knowledge -- Television 2000: the terms of transformation -- Reference - - Index.
"This book provides a general and accessible critical survey of writing, research, and debates about television, and explains how they have been researched and debated. It also looks at some of the earliest thinking and ideas about the medium. The author has organized the book into ten cross-referenced chapters covering both the humanities and the social science approaches."