An Introduction to Television Studies
This comprehensive textbook now substantially updated for its fourth edition provides students with a framework for understanding the key concepts and main approaches to Television Studies including audiences representation industry and global television as well as the analytical study of individual programmes. This new edition reflects the significant changes the television industry is undergoing in the streaming era with an explosion of new content and providers whilst also identifying how many existing practices have endured. The book includes a glossary of key terms with each chapter suggesting further reading. New and updated material includes: Chapters on style and form narrative industry and representation and identity Case studies on Bon Appétit’s YouTube channel Insecure British youth television ABC and Disney+ fixed-rig observational documentary streaming platforms' use of data to shape audience experience Chewing Gum Korean drama and The Marvelous Mrs Maisel Sections on medical drama YouTube creators Skam and scripted format sales the global spread of streaming platforms prestige TV and period drama With individual chapters addressing television style and form narrative histories industries genres and formats realities production audiences representation and identity and quality this book is essential reading for both students and scholars of Television Studies. | An Introduction to Television Studies
