Electronic Media Criticism

by Orlik, Peter B.

• ISBN13: 9780240801629
• ISBN10: 0240801628
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1994-01-01
• Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann

Summary

The text takes a theoretical approach to media criticism, and includes aesthetic, sociological, economic, structural, psychoanalytical, and ethical perspectives. For students in media criticism, literacy, media & society, and related areas.

Author Biography

Peter B. Orlik is professor and founder of the Broadcast and Cinematic Arts Department at Central Michigan University.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. xiii
Acknowledgments	p. xv
Endnotes	p. xvi
The Essence of Criticism	p. 1
Endnotes	p. 11
Critical Functions	p. 13
Endnotes	p. 28
Criticism and the Communication Process	p. 30
Endnotes	p. 45
Knowledge Processing	p. 47
Endnotes	p. 66
Tonal and Talent Ingredients	p. 67
Endnotes	p. 80
Stage-Molding Ingredients	p. 82
Endnotes	p. 94
Busieness Gratifications	p. 96
Endnotes	p. 108
Audience Gratifications	p. 110
Endnotes	p. 128
Reality Programming	p. 131
Endnotes	p. 151
Depiction Analysis	p. 153
Endnotes	p. 171
Structural Analysis	p. 173
Endnotes	p. 193
Probing Ethics and Values	p. 195
Endnotes	p. 213
Aesthetics and Art	p. 215
Endnotes	p. 232
The Logic of Aesthetic Form	p. 235
Endnotes	p. 256
Composite Criticism	p. 258
Endnotes	p. 269
Specimen Scripts	p. 271
(living Room)	p. 274
Scene Dissolves to Attic	p. 276
(living Room)	p. 278
Act One	p. 290
Scene I	p. 290
Scene 2	p. 294
Scene 3	p. 296
Scene 4	p. 297
Scene	p. 299
Scene 1	p. 302
Act Two	p. 302
Scene 2	p. 305
Scene 3	p. 307
Scene 4	p. 309
Scene	p. 312
Suggested Exercises	p. 315
Index	p. 327
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