Critical Approaches to Television

by Vande Berg, Leah; Wenner, Lawrence; Gronbeck, Bruce

• ISBN13: 9780618206742
• ISBN10: 0618206744
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-08-01
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin College Div

Summary

This comprehensive text provides a broad overview of television criticism through the explanation of theoretical foundations, analyses of critical approaches, and sample critical essays. The text is organized by critical method, but includes an alternative table of contents for instructors who prefer to teach by genre. Pedagogy includes introductory essays in every chapter, headnotes for articles, marginal annotations, and analysis writing exercises. The methods of criticism include Theoretical and Critical Foundations, Text Centered, Producer Centered, and Reception Centered.

Table of Contents

Theoretical and Critical Foundations

The Context for Criticism: Television and Society

Foundations of Television Criticism

Critical Approaches to Television Discourse: An Overview

Writing Television Criticism

Text-Centered Critical Approaches

Semiotic/Structural Criticism A Sample Study: John Fiske's ""Popularity and Ideology: A Structuralist Reading of Dr. Who""

Genre Criticism A Sample Study: Matthew P. McAllister's ""Recombinant Television Genres and Doogie How

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