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PublisherSAGE Publications, Incorporated

ISBN-101412978521

ISBN-139781412978521

eBay Product ID (ePID)80553873

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Number of Pages236 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameEnd of Television? : Its Impact on the World (So Far)

SubjectCommunication Studies, Media Studies, Television / History & Criticism, Sociology / General, Digital Media / Video & Animation, Television & Video

Publication Year2009

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaComputers, Performing Arts, Technology & Engineering, Language Arts & Disciplines, Social Science

AuthorPaddy Scannell

SeriesThe Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.5 in

Item Weight13.1 Oz

Item Length9.1 in

Item Width6.2 in

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Intended AudienceCollege Audience

TitleLeadingThe

Series Volume Number625

IllustratedYes

Table Of ContentThe End of Television - Elihu Katz Sharing and Showing: Television as Monstration - Daniel Dayan We Liked to Watch: Television as Progenitor of the Surveillance Society - Joshua Meyrowitz What Is U.S. Television Now? - Amanda D. Lotz Contextualizing the Broadcast Era: Nation, Commerce and Constraint - William Uricchio Of Time and Television - John P. Robinson and Steven Martin The Face of Television - Paul Frosh The Performance on Television of Sincerely Felt Emotion - John Ellis Cultural and Moral Authority: The Presumption of Television - David E. Morrison Television, Public Participation and Public Service: From Value Consensus to the Politics of Identity - Peter Lunt The End of Television: Gender and Family in Television's Golden Age and Beyond - Andrea Press Half a Century of Television in the Lives of Our Children - Sonia Livingstone Political Communication -Old and New Media Relationships - Michael Gurevitch, Stephen Coleman, and Jay G. Blumler TV News and the Nation: The End? - Menahem Blondheim and Tamar Liebes End of Television and Foreign Policy - Monroe Price Television and the Transformation of Sport - Garry Whannel The Dialectic of Time and Television - Paddy Scannell

SynopsisIs television dead? The classic television era of the 1950s and 1960s, characterized by limited choices of programs broadcast on over the air channels to families as if they were seated around a hearth - and to a nation as if gathered around a campfire - has indeed ended. Throughout the drastic evolution of this media, thousands of studies have examined the short-term effects of television, such as the evaluation of persuasion campaigns. Yet there is scant research on the overreaching sociological impacts of television and its centrality to Western culture over the past 60 years. This compelling volume of The ANNALS is the first collection of rigorous articles devoted to studying ways in which television has impacted our values, ideologies, institutions, social structure, and culture., Is television dead? The classic television era of the 1950s and 1960s, characterized by limited choices of programs broadcast on over the air channels to families as if they were seated around a hearth - and to a nation as if gathered around a campfire - has indeed ended. That early stage of "sharedness" and "scarcity" gave way to the television of "plenty," when satellite and cable and competition reigned, choice was suddenly expanded, and every room in the home had its own television set. And now television offers infinite choices where we can view what we like; when we like; where we like; on a variety of screens, telephones, and Web sites. Some researchers assert that television is not dead but has merely moved from a "collectivist" to an "individualist" phase. Throughout the drastic evolution of this media, thousands of studies have examined the short-term effects of television, such as the evaluation of persuasion campaigns. Yet there is scant research on the overreaching sociological impacts of television and its centrality to Western culture over the past 60 years. This compelling volume of The ANNALS is the first collection of rigorous articles devoted to studying ways in which television has impacted our values, ideologies, institutions, social structure, and culture. Focusing on classic television, these leading experts in media studies delve into the effects on social institutions (namely family and politics) and its effects on values and everyday behavior. These seminal articles lay the groundwork for innovative studies of the numerous ways that television has impacted democracy; social integration (nation and family); trust and suspiciousness; materialism; and identity (social and physical). Students and researchers will find a wealth of inspiration for new research projects. It is a must-have resource for social scientists interested in media studies.