How to Watch Television 1st edition by Jason Mittell, Ethan Thompson 9781479890668 1479890669

How to Watch Television 1st edition by Jason Mittell, Ethan Thompson – Ebook PDF Instant Download/Delivery:  9781479890668, 1479890669

Full dowload How to Watch Television 1st edition after payment

Product details:

• ISBN 10: 1479890669

• ISBN 13: 9781479890668

• Author:Jason Mittell, Ethan Thompson

 How to Watch Television
A new edition that brings the ways we watch and think about television up to the present We all have opinions about the television shows we watch, but television criticism is about much more than simply evaluating the merits of a particular show and deeming it “good” or “bad.” Rather, criticism uses the close examination of a television program to explore that program’s cultural significance, creative strategies, and its place in a broader social context. How to Watch Television, Second Edition brings together forty original essays—more than half of which are new to this edition—from today’s leading scholars on television culture, who write about the programs they care (and think) the most about. Each essay focuses on a single television show, demonstrating one way to read the program and, through it, our media culture. From fashioning blackness in Empire to representation in Orange is the New Black and from the role of the reboot in Gilmore Girls to the function of changing political atmospheres in Roseanne, these essays model how to practice media criticism in accessible language, providing critical insights through analysis—suggesting a way of looking at TV that students and interested viewers might emulate. The contributors discuss a wide range of television programs past and present, covering many formats and genres, spanning fiction and non-fiction, broadcast, streaming, and cable. Addressing shows from TV’s earliest days to contemporary online transformations of the medium, How to Watch Television, Second Edition is designed to engender classroom discussion among television critics of all backgrounds. To access additional essays from the first edition, visit the “links” tab at nyupress.org/9781479898817/how-to-watch-television-second-edition/.

How to Watch Television 1st Table of contents:

 Part I. TV Form: Aesthetics and Style
1. Better Call Saul: The Prestige Spinoff
2. Empire: Fashioning Blackness
3. House: Narrative Complexity
4. Looking: Smartphone Aesthetics
5. Mad Men: Visual Style
6. Nip/Tuck: Popular Music
7. One Life to Live: Soap Opera Storytelling
8. The Sopranos: Episodic Storytelling
Part II. TV Representation: Social Identity and Cultural Politics
9. 24: Challenging Stereotypes
10. Bala Loca: Producing Representations
11. Being Mary Jane: Cultural Specificity
12. Buckwild: Performing Whiteness
13. Glee/House Hunters International: Gay Narratives
14. Grey’s Anatomy: Feminism
15. Master of None: Negotiated Decoding
16. Orange Is the New Black: Intersectional Analysis
Part III. TV Politics: Democracy, Nation, and the Public Interest
17. The Amazing Race: Global Othering
18. America’s Next Top Model: Neoliberal Labor
19. East Los High: Televised Empowerment
20. The Eurovision Song Contest: Queer Nationalism
21. Fox & Friends: Political Talk
22. Full Frontal with Samantha Bee: Feminist Comedy
23. The Hunt with John Walsh: True Crime Storytelling
24. Parks and Recreation: The Cultural Forum
Part IV. TV Industry: Industrial Practices and Structures
25. The Ernie Kovacs Show: Historicizing Comedy
26. Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life: TV Revivals
27. I Love Lucy: The Writer-Producer
28. Modern Family: Product Placement
29. The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills: Franchising Femininity
30. Roseanne: Programming Flow
31. Tales from the Crypt: Content Regulation
32. The Toy Box: Transmedia and Transgenerational Marketing
Part V. TV Practices: Medium, Technology, and Everyday Life
33. Battlestar Galactica: Fans and Ancillary Content
34. Everyday Italian: Cultivating Taste
35. Gossip Girl: Transmedia Technologies
36. High Maintenance and The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl: Indie TV
37. Monty Python’s Flying Circus: Layered Comedy
38. NFL Broadcasts: Interpretive Communities
39. Pardon the Interruption: Sports Debate
40. The Walking Dead: Adapting Comics
Acknowledgments
About the Contributors
Index

People also search for How to Watch Television 1st:

how to watch television
    
how to watch television without cable
    
how to watch television second edition pdf
    
how to watch television pdf
    
how to watch television book