Television Studies

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MAIN TOPICS

I. Television, Culture and Society.

II. Introduction to Television Studies.

III. Technology and the History of Television.

IV. Television and History.

V. Television Aesthetics.

VI. Television Institutions and Authorship.

VII. Television Audiences: Consumption and Fandom.

VIII. Television, National Identity and Globalization.

RECOMMENDED BIBLIOGRAPHY

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Bignell, J (2004): An Introduction to Television Studies. Routledge, New York.

Casey, B & Calvert, B (2008): Television Studies: the Key Concepts, Second Edition. Routledge, New York.

Corner, J (1999): Critical ideas in Television Studies. Oxford University Press, Oxford.

Creeber, G (2006): Tele-Visions: an Introduction to Studying Television. British Film Institute, London.

Miller, T. (2002): Television Studies. London: British Film Institute.

Miller, T (2009): Television Studies: the Basics. Routledge, New York.

Newcomb, H (2004): The Museum of Broadcast Communications Encyclopedia of Television, 2nd Edition. Routledge, New York.

Newcomb, H (2006): Television: The Critical View. An Anthology of Television Criticism, Seventh Edition. Oxford University Press, Oxford.

Vande Berg, L R. & Gronbeck, BE (1998): Critical Approaches to Television. Houghton Mifflin, Boston.

Wickman, Phil (2007): Understanding Television Texts. London: British Film Institute.