Television at the movies : cinematic and critical approaches to American broadcasting / Jon Nelson Wagner and Tracy Biga MacLean.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wagner, Jon.

Contributor:

MacLean, Tracy Biga.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures and television.

Television in motion pictures.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (238 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Continuum, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The overview of television criticism, which this book provides, comes appropriately at a moment of change. Television is becoming dramatically different as a result of new and developing technologies such as cable, HDTV , satellite transmission and broadband distributions. By concentrating on the still-dominant notion of television, what the authors call "Classical Network Television," they argue that it is as important to understand this model as it is to understand Classical Hollywood Cinema. The co-authors have a unique approach to the study of television, viewing its history and reception

Contents:

Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. Elegy; 3. Paranoia; 4. New Flesh; 5. The Vidiot; 6. Apocalypse; 7. Nostalgia; 8. Feminization; 9. Noir Fatal; 10. Seriality; 11. Is There an Audience in the House?; Notes; Filmography; Videography; Bibliography

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-223).

Includes filmography: p. 201-207.

ISBN:

9786612876141

9781282876149

1282876147

9781441179401

1441179402

OCLC:

676696366