An introduction to television documentary : confronting reality / Richard Kilborn and John Izod.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kilborn, R. W.

Contributor:

Izod, John, 1940-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Documentary television programs--Production and direction.

Documentary television programs.

Physical Description:

xii, 258 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press ; New York : Distributed exclusively in the USA by St. Martin's Press, [1997]

Summary:

This lively introduction to television documentaries spotlights their history, production and reception, principal forms and functions and their adaptation to today' s programming needs. What impact has television's growing commercialisation had on the type of documentary broadcast? What has led to the introduction of an increasing number of hybridised forms? These questions are addressed within an examination of the role of institutions, documentary' s 'special relationship' with the real, and an insight into how audiences interpret the documentaries they view. Confronting reality has been written with the requirements of media studies students in mind, yet it is a must for everyone concerned with recording reality in the fast-changing world of television today.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [247]-251) and index.

ISBN:

0719048923

0719048931

OCLC:

36847853