Media audiences : television, meaning and emotion /

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An engaging and original study of current research on television audiences and the concept of emotion, this book offers a unique approach to key issues within television studies. Topics discussed include: television branding; emotional qualities in television texts; audience reception models; fan cu...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Gorton, Kristyn, 1972- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, ©2009.
Series:Media topics.
Subjects:
Mass media > Audiences.
Television viewers > Psychology.
Emotions > Sociological aspects.
Mass media > Audiences > Case studies.
Television viewers > Psychology > Case studies.
Emotions > Sociological aspects > Case studies.
Médias > Publics.
Téléspectateurs > Psychologie.
Émotions > Aspect sociologique.
Médias > Publics > Études de cas.
Téléspectateurs > Psychologie > Études de cas.
Émotions > Aspect sociologique > Études de cas.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Media Studies.
PERFORMING ARTS > Television > General.
Emotions > Sociological aspects
Mass media > Audiences
Television viewers > Psychology
Electronic books.
Case studies
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : why study television?
  • pt. 1. Theoretical background
  • 'Desperately seeking the audience' : models of audience reception
  • Personal meanings, fandom and sitting too close to the television
  • Global meanings and trans-cultural understandings of Dallas
  • Theorising emotion and affect : feminist engagements
  • Theorising emotion in film and television
  • pt. 2. Case studies
  • A sentimental journey : writing emotion in television
  • 'There's no place like home" : emotional exposure, excess and empathy on TV
  • Emotional rescue : The Sopranos (HBO 1999-2007, ER (NBC 1994- ) and State of play (BBC1 2003)
  • Feminising television : the mother role in Six feet under (HBO 2001-6) and Brothers & sisters (ABC 2006- )
  • Researching emotion in television : a small-scale case study of emotion in the UK/Irish sop industry.

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