Television Criticism
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781483377681
ISBN-10: 1483377687
Pagini: 272
Dimensiuni: 187 x 232 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Ediția:Third Edition
Editura: SAGE Publications
Colecția Sage Publications, Inc
Locul publicării:Thousand Oaks, United States
ISBN-10: 1483377687
Pagini: 272
Dimensiuni: 187 x 232 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Ediția:Third Edition
Editura: SAGE Publications
Colecția Sage Publications, Inc
Locul publicării:Thousand Oaks, United States
Cuprins
PART I: ORIENTATION
Chapter 1: The Work of the Critic
Introduction
The Ends of Criticism
Journalistic Television Criticism
The Critical Stance
Criticism and Culture
Narrative and Contextual Reality
Critical Categories and Critical Choices
The Familiar and the Unfamiliar in Television
Critical Orientation
Chapter 2: Demystifying the Business of Television
Introduction
The Impact of the Internet and the Role of Advertising, Schedules, and Ratings
The Strategies of Television Advertising
Product Promotion Within Television Programs
Product Placement
Scheduling and Advertising
The Production of a Television Show
The Production Team
PART II: FORMAL ASPECTS OF TELEVISION
Chapter 3: Production Techniques and Television Style
Introduction
Length of Shot and Framing
Multi-Camera Production
Reaction Shots
Lighting
Production on Film Versus Digital Video
Style, Reception, and Digital Video Practices
Camera Choice Follows Function
Television Sound and Editing
Production Styles
Art Direction
The Split Screen
Directors
Actors
Chapter 4: Television, the Nation’s Storyteller
Introduction
Storytelling and the Human Condition
The Nature of Narrative
Narrative Theories
Narrative Structure
Intertextuality
Characters
Archetypes
Myth
Chapter 5: Television Genres
Introduction
Television Genre, Production, and Scheduling
The Rules for Classifying Genres
Genre and Television Criticism
Comedy
Talk Shows
News
Magazine Shows
Drama
Soap Opera
Science Fiction
Reality Shows
Sports
Children’s Television
Game Shows
Other Genres
PART III: THEORETICAL APPROACHES TO TELEVISION CRITICISM
Chapter 6: Rhetoric and Culture
Introduction
Rhetoric
Cultural Studies
Chapter 7: Representation and Its Audience
Introduction
What Is Representation?
Television Representation
Interpreting Representation
Reception of Televisual Images
Symbols
The Illusion of Reality
The Need for Images
Representation of the “Other”
Advice for Television Critics
Representation and Collective Memory
Chapter 8: Postmodernism
Introduction
Postmodernism Defined
Postmodern Television
The Influence of MTV
Postmodern Theories
PART IV: CRITICAL APPLICATIONS
Chapter 9: Guidelines for Television Criticism
Introduction
Critical Orientation
Story and Genre
Organization
Demographics
Context
The Look of the Program and Its Codes
Analysis
Judgment
Writing Television Criticism
Chapter 10: Sample Criticism of a Television Program: The Big Bang Theory—Season 8, Episode 824, “The Commitment Determination”
Introduction
Thesis
Purpose
Description of The Big Bang Theory
Production Information
Description of the Episode
Questions for Analysis
Analysis and Interpretation
Chapter 1: The Work of the Critic
Introduction
The Ends of Criticism
Journalistic Television Criticism
The Critical Stance
Criticism and Culture
Narrative and Contextual Reality
Critical Categories and Critical Choices
The Familiar and the Unfamiliar in Television
Critical Orientation
Chapter 2: Demystifying the Business of Television
Introduction
The Impact of the Internet and the Role of Advertising, Schedules, and Ratings
The Strategies of Television Advertising
Product Promotion Within Television Programs
Product Placement
Scheduling and Advertising
The Production of a Television Show
The Production Team
PART II: FORMAL ASPECTS OF TELEVISION
Chapter 3: Production Techniques and Television Style
Introduction
Length of Shot and Framing
Multi-Camera Production
Reaction Shots
Lighting
Production on Film Versus Digital Video
Style, Reception, and Digital Video Practices
Camera Choice Follows Function
Television Sound and Editing
Production Styles
Art Direction
The Split Screen
Directors
Actors
Chapter 4: Television, the Nation’s Storyteller
Introduction
Storytelling and the Human Condition
The Nature of Narrative
Narrative Theories
Narrative Structure
Intertextuality
Characters
Archetypes
Myth
Chapter 5: Television Genres
Introduction
Television Genre, Production, and Scheduling
The Rules for Classifying Genres
Genre and Television Criticism
Comedy
Talk Shows
News
Magazine Shows
Drama
Soap Opera
Science Fiction
Reality Shows
Sports
Children’s Television
Game Shows
Other Genres
PART III: THEORETICAL APPROACHES TO TELEVISION CRITICISM
Chapter 6: Rhetoric and Culture
Introduction
Rhetoric
Cultural Studies
Chapter 7: Representation and Its Audience
Introduction
What Is Representation?
Television Representation
Interpreting Representation
Reception of Televisual Images
Symbols
The Illusion of Reality
The Need for Images
Representation of the “Other”
Advice for Television Critics
Representation and Collective Memory
Chapter 8: Postmodernism
Introduction
Postmodernism Defined
Postmodern Television
The Influence of MTV
Postmodern Theories
PART IV: CRITICAL APPLICATIONS
Chapter 9: Guidelines for Television Criticism
Introduction
Critical Orientation
Story and Genre
Organization
Demographics
Context
The Look of the Program and Its Codes
Analysis
Judgment
Writing Television Criticism
Chapter 10: Sample Criticism of a Television Program: The Big Bang Theory—Season 8, Episode 824, “The Commitment Determination”
Introduction
Thesis
Purpose
Description of The Big Bang Theory
Production Information
Description of the Episode
Questions for Analysis
Analysis and Interpretation
Notă biografică
Descriere
Illustrated with contemporary examples, a new critical analysis of The Big Bang Theory, and in-depth methods for criticism, this updated Third Edition reflects recent changes in the ways television is viewed across multiple devices and the impact of the Internet on television.