TV critics and popular culture : a history of British television criticism / Paul Rixon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rixon, Paul, 1963-

Series:

International library of cultural studies ; 16.

International library of cultural studies ; 16

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Television criticism--Great Britain--History.

Television criticism.

History.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

270 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2011.

Summary:

Ever since the first scheduled television broadcasts began in the 1930s, newspapers and magazines took quickly to reviewing this revolutionary new medium. The task of television criticism in the public domain intially fell to radio critics and journalists, but the 1950s saw the rise of the dedicated TV critic. These critics, including Peter Black, Philip Pursor, and Clive James, played an important part in shaping the public discourse about television. This new book explores the evolution of television criticism in Britain, exploring different types of TV critics and reviewers, the form of their work, and evaluating their importance in our understanding of the way television has become such an integral part of modern culture. It also asks whether, with the birth of new technologies, the TV critic is a dying breed? This is an important contribution to the fields of Journalism and Television Studies, Cultural Studies, and contemporary History.

Contents:

Introduction 11

1 Approaches to TV Criticism: Developing a Framework 11

2 The Rise of the Media Critic 41

3 The Rise of the Television Critic: TV as Art 67

4 Neo-crincism: Television as Television 101

5 Soft Television Cridcism 131

6 Multichannel Television and TV Criticism 163

7 TV Criticism and the Internet: The Death of the TV Critic? 197

Conclusion 231.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [243]-260) and index.

ISBN:

9781848853195

184885319X

OCLC:

750830204