Critical Ideas in Television Studies [Paperback]

This important book is the first to offer a systematic review of the ideas which have been most influential across a full range of television criticism and research from the first pioneering studies to the most recent theory and analysis. It provides a general and accessible critical survey of writing, research, and debates about television. John Corner has organized the book into ten cross-referenced chapters covering both the humanities and the social science approaches.

1. Introduction: Criticism, Research, and Theory
2. Institution
3. Image
4. Talk
5. Narrative
6. Flow
7. Production
8. Reception
9. Pleasure
10. Knowledge
11. Television 2000