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Quality TV
McCabe, Janet; Akass, Kim
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Description for Quality TV
Paperback. Dealing primarily with the post-1996 era shaped by digital technologies and defined by consumer choice and brand marketing, this book brings together leading scholars, established journalists and experienced broadcasters working in the field of contemporary television to debate what we mean by quality TV. Series: Reading Contemporary Television. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 44. Weight in Grams: 352.
In his seminal book "Television's Second Golden Age", Robert Thompson described quality TV as 'best defined by what it is not': 'it is not "regular" TV'. Audacious maybe, but his statement renewed debate on the meaning of this highly contentious term. Dealing primarily with the post-1996 era shaped by digital technologies and defined by consumer choice and brand marketing, this book brings together leading scholars, established journalists and experienced broadcasters working in the field of contemporary television to debate what we currently mean by quality TV. They go deep into contemporary American television fictions, from "The Sopranos" and "The West ... Read more
In his seminal book "Television's Second Golden Age", Robert Thompson described quality TV as 'best defined by what it is not': 'it is not "regular" TV'. Audacious maybe, but his statement renewed debate on the meaning of this highly contentious term. Dealing primarily with the post-1996 era shaped by digital technologies and defined by consumer choice and brand marketing, this book brings together leading scholars, established journalists and experienced broadcasters working in the field of contemporary television to debate what we currently mean by quality TV. They go deep into contemporary American television fictions, from "The Sopranos" and "The West ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
I.B.Tauris & Co Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Series
Reading Contemporary Television
Number of Pages
312
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845115111
SKU
V9781845115111
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Ref
99-1
About McCabe, Janet; Akass, Kim
Janet McCabe is Research Associate (TV Drama) at Manchester Metropolitan University. She is Managing Editor of Critical Studies in Television and author of Feminist Film Studies: Writing the Woman into Cinema (Wallflower, 2004). Kim Akass is Research Fellow (TV Drama) at Manchester Metropolitan University and is co-editor of Critical Studies in Television. Janet McCabe and Kim Akass are joint Series ... Read more
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