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Flights of Fantasy - The Unauthorized But True Story of Radio & Tv's Adventures of Superman (Hardcover): Michael J Hayde Flights of Fantasy - The Unauthorized But True Story of Radio & Tv's Adventures of Superman (Hardcover)
Michael J Hayde
R1,109 Discovery Miles 11 090 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Post-feminist Impasses in Popular Heroine Television - The Persephone Complex (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2015): Alison Horbury Post-feminist Impasses in Popular Heroine Television - The Persephone Complex (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2015)
Alison Horbury
R2,028 R1,926 Discovery Miles 19 260 Save R102 (5%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Alison Horbury investigates the reprisal of the myth of Persephone - a mother-daughter plot of separation and initiation - in post-feminist television cultures where, she argues, it functions as a symptom expressing a complex around the question of sexual difference - what Lacan calls 'sexuation', where this question has been otherwise foreclosed.

Islam, Security and Television News (Hardcover): C. Flood, S. Hutchings, G. Miazhevich, H. Nickels Islam, Security and Television News (Hardcover)
C. Flood, S. Hutchings, G. Miazhevich, H. Nickels
R1,535 Discovery Miles 15 350 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Focusing on British, French and Russian television news coverage of Islam as a security threat, this book provides the first comparative account of how television broadcasting in different geo- and socio-political environments integrates discourses on Islam into nationally oriented, representational systems.

Television Production in Transition - Independence, Scale, Sustainability and the Digital Challenge (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021):... Television Production in Transition - Independence, Scale, Sustainability and the Digital Challenge (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021)
Gillian Doyle, Richard Paterson, Kenny Barr
R2,879 Discovery Miles 28 790 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Focusing on the growing power of transnational media corporations in an increasingly globalized environment for distribution of television content, and on the effects of mergers and acquisitions involving local and independent television production companies, this book examines how current and recent re-structurings in ownership across the television industry reflect changing business models, how they affect creativity and diversity of television output, and to what extent they call for new approaches to regulation and policy. Based on a major study of the UK production sector as a case study, it offers a unique analysis of wider transformations in ownership affecting the television production industry worldwide and of their economic, socio-cultural and policy implications.

Como escribir GUIONES de CINE y TELEVISION (English, Spanish, Hardcover): Arnoldo Tauler Como escribir GUIONES de CINE y TELEVISION (English, Spanish, Hardcover)
Arnoldo Tauler
R903 Discovery Miles 9 030 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Audiovisual Translation in the Digital Age - The Italian Fansubbing Phenomenon (Hardcover): S. Massidda Audiovisual Translation in the Digital Age - The Italian Fansubbing Phenomenon (Hardcover)
S. Massidda
R1,846 Discovery Miles 18 460 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This pioneering study on fan translation focuses on Italian fansubbing as a concept, a vibrant cultural and social phenomenon which is described from its inception in 2005 to today. It explores far-reaching issues related to fansubbing and crowdsourcing, highlighting in particular the benefits and drawbacks of Web 2.0.

Television Studies - Television Studies (Hardcover): Gary C. Burns, Robert Thompson Television Studies - Television Studies (Hardcover)
Gary C. Burns, Robert Thompson
R3,989 Discovery Miles 39 890 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Burns and Thompson help to remedy the lack of a forum for current research on television by bringing together, in this volume, some of the best recent research in television studies. This work will begin to fill the gap in literature on television studies as a discipline. In compiling these 13 papers, the editors maintain a balance of timely interest and lasting relevance. The contributors study the texts of current TV dramatic and comic series, such as Dallas and Cheers, as well as current trends in nonfiction TV, such as network and local news coverage. Each analysis of a specific television text is complimented with rigorous theoretical argumentation. Students and scholars of communications and television criticism will find Television Studies valuable reading. The book begins with a two-chapter debate primarily seeking a definition of `television studies.' The debate includes a critical examination of the capitalist institutions that dominate television as an industry. Further chapters discuss dramatic television series; an examination of the development of the lengthy serial text of Dallas, and structural analysis of the pilot episode of Cheers. The book contains five essays on nonfiction television, including an insiders view of the production and promotion of local TV news and an analysis of CBS and ABC's TV news coverage of South Africa over a two week period in 1987. In a final essay, conventional wisdom about `the audience' is refuted.

The Nightmare Before Christmas: Advent Calendar and Pop-Up Book (Hardcover): Insight Editions The Nightmare Before Christmas: Advent Calendar and Pop-Up Book (Hardcover)
Insight Editions
R1,157 R1,019 Discovery Miles 10 190 Save R138 (12%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Where Hollywood Hides - Santa Barbara - Celebrities in Paradise (Hardcover): Robert L McCullough, Suzanne Herrera-McCullough Where Hollywood Hides - Santa Barbara - Celebrities in Paradise (Hardcover)
Robert L McCullough, Suzanne Herrera-McCullough
R1,041 Discovery Miles 10 410 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Bob Hope on TV - Thanks for the Video Memories (Hardback) (Hardcover): Wesley Hyatt Bob Hope on TV - Thanks for the Video Memories (Hardback) (Hardcover)
Wesley Hyatt
R1,046 Discovery Miles 10 460 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Television Drama - Form, Agency, Innovation (Hardcover): T. Dunleavy Television Drama - Form, Agency, Innovation (Hardcover)
T. Dunleavy
R1,535 Discovery Miles 15 350 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Investigating the leading drama genres of different television eras in both Britain and the US, this book traces the evolution of television drama from the 'high culture' aspirations and technical limitations of its early days to the intense commercial competition that informs the creation of television drama today.

Above & Below - A 25th Anniversary Beauty and the Beast Companion (Hardcover): Edward Gross Above & Below - A 25th Anniversary Beauty and the Beast Companion (Hardcover)
Edward Gross
R946 R851 Discovery Miles 8 510 Save R95 (10%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Television and the Second Screen - Interactive TV in the age of social participation (Paperback): James Blake Television and the Second Screen - Interactive TV in the age of social participation (Paperback)
James Blake
R1,277 Discovery Miles 12 770 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Television is changing almost beyond recognition. In the battle for consumers, social media sites, smart phones and tablets have become rivals to traditional linear TV. However, audiences and producers are also embracing mobile platforms to enhance TV viewing itself. This book examines the emerging phenomenon of the second screen: where users are increasingly engaging with content on two screens concurrently. The practice is transforming television into an interactive, participatory and social experience. James Blake examines interactive television from three crucial angles: audience motivation and agency, advances in TV production and the monetisation of second screen content. He also tracks its evolution by bringing together interviews with more than 25 television industry professionals - across the major UK channels - including commissioning editors, digital directors, producers and advertising executives. These reveal the successes and failures of recent experiments and the innovations in second screen projects. As the second screen becomes second nature for viewers and producers, the risks and opportunities for the future of television are slowly beginning to emerge. Television and the Second Screen will offer students and scholars of television theory, industry professionals and anyone with an abiding interest in television and technology, an accessible and illuminating guide to this important cultural shift.

Breaking Bad - Critical Essays on the Contexts, Politics, Style, and Reception of the Television Series (Hardcover, New): David... Breaking Bad - Critical Essays on the Contexts, Politics, Style, and Reception of the Television Series (Hardcover, New)
David P Pierson
R2,744 Discovery Miles 27 440 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Breaking Bad: Critical Essays on the Contexts, Politics, Style, and Reception of the Television Series, edited by David P. Pierson, explores the contexts, politics, and style of AMC's original series Breaking Bad. The book's first section locates and addresses the series from several contemporary social contexts, including neo-liberalism, its discourses and policies, the cultural obsession with the economy of time and its manipulation, and the epistemological principles and assumptions of Walter White's criminal alias Heisenberg. Section two investigates how the series characterizes and intersects with current cultural politics, such as male angst and the re-emergence of hegemonic masculinity, the complex portrayal of Latinos, and the depiction of physical and mental impairment and disability. The final section takes a close look at the series' distinctive visual, aural, and narrative stylistics. Under examination are Breaking Bad's unique visual style whereby image dominates sound, the distinct role and use of beginning teaser segments to disorient and enlighten audiences, the representation of geographic space and place, the position of narrative songs to complicate viewer identification, and the integral part that emotions play as a form of dramatic action in the series.

Women and Soap Opera - A Cultural Feminist Perspective (Hardcover, New): Dannielle Blumenthal Women and Soap Opera - A Cultural Feminist Perspective (Hardcover, New)
Dannielle Blumenthal
R2,212 Discovery Miles 22 120 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Women's soap opera viewing has long been thought of by feminists and nonfeminists as an unproductive waste of time. Blumenthal takes the opposing view, arguing that women's "indulgence" in these programs is actually liberating. In overcoming the social opposition to the stigma attached to the feminine content and style, and engaging in soap opera viewing, women celebrate their femininity, particularly their gendered identification with romance, relationality, intuitiveness, talkativeness, and other aspects of emotionality. This book will be of interest to academics in the areas of sociology, women's studies, and media studies.

Political Communication in Britain - The Leader's Debates, the Campaign and the Media in the 2010 General Election... Political Communication in Britain - The Leader's Debates, the Campaign and the Media in the 2010 General Election (Hardcover)
D. Wring; Roger Mortimore, Simon Atkinson
R1,548 Discovery Miles 15 480 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The 2010 General Election represented a pathbreaking contest in Political Communication. The TV debates changed forever the feel of the campaign. This book brings together key commentators, analysts and polling experts to present readers with a unique and valuable insight into the development of political communication in British Politics.

Television - The Lost Programs 2,077 Concepts That Never Became a Series, 1920-1950 (hardback) (Hardcover): Vincent Terrace Television - The Lost Programs 2,077 Concepts That Never Became a Series, 1920-1950 (hardback) (Hardcover)
Vincent Terrace
R879 Discovery Miles 8 790 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Representing Death in the News - Journalism, Media and Mortality (Hardcover): F. Hanusch Representing Death in the News - Journalism, Media and Mortality (Hardcover)
F. Hanusch
R1,501 Discovery Miles 15 010 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Recent years have seen a renewed interest in the relationship between the news, media and death. Driven by a perceived ubiquity of death and dying on television, in newspapers and on the internet, many scholars have attempted to more closely examine aspects of this coverage. The result is that there now exists a large body of scholarly work on death in the news, yet what has been lacking is a comprehensive synthesis of the field. This book seeks to close this gap by analyzing the scholarship on death in the news by way of a thematic approach. It provides a historical overview, looks at the conditions of production, content and reception, and also analyzes emerging trends in the representation of death online. This fascinating account provides a much needed overview of what we currently know about death in the news and provides food for thought for future studies in the field.

Tales from the Script - The Behind-The-Camera Adventures of a TV Comedy Writer (Hardback) (Hardcover): Gene Perret Tales from the Script - The Behind-The-Camera Adventures of a TV Comedy Writer (Hardback) (Hardcover)
Gene Perret
R783 Discovery Miles 7 830 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Human Rights Journalism - Advances in Reporting Distant Humanitarian Interventions (Hardcover): I. Shaw Human Rights Journalism - Advances in Reporting Distant Humanitarian Interventions (Hardcover)
I. Shaw
R1,532 Discovery Miles 15 320 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Shaw argues that journalism should focus on deconstructing the underlying structural and cultural causes of political violence such as poverty, famine and human trafficking, and play a proactive (preventative), rather than reactive (prescriptive) role in humanitarian intervention.

Independent Television in Britain - ITV and IBA 1981-92: The Old Relationship Changes (Hardcover): P. Bonner, L. Aston Independent Television in Britain - ITV and IBA 1981-92: The Old Relationship Changes (Hardcover)
P. Bonner, L. Aston
R3,031 Discovery Miles 30 310 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A stimulating treatment of an area of public life which is a subject of continuing debate and controversy. This volume covers the years in which ITV faced more challenges than at any time in its history and its regulator, the IBA, was subject to political pressures so extreme that they brought about its abolition and rebirth as the Independent Television Commission. The book gives detailed accounts, based on documents not previously available and interviews with over sixty senior figures in the industry, of the changes and controversies of the period. Highlights include: the conflict with government over the programme Death on the Rock , the battle with the BBC for possession of the rights to Dallas , the financial crisis at ITN, the impact of the Peacock Committee Report and the 1990 White Paper on Broadcasting, as well as detailed accounts of the broadcasters' and the regulator's battle with the government over the Broadcasting Bill and the subsequent 'auction' of ITV licences.

Reality Television, Affect and Intimacy - Reality Matters (Hardcover): M. Kavka Reality Television, Affect and Intimacy - Reality Matters (Hardcover)
M. Kavka
R3,123 Discovery Miles 31 230 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

"Reality Television, Affect and Intimacy" shifts current discussions of media and reality from the informative to the affective, from knowledge to feelings. In reality television, Misha Kavka argues, everyday 'reality' is the ground for an experience of immediacy, or televisual intimacy, that is self-evidently mediated and performed. The book explores this paradox by conceptualising the relation between affect and media. For Kavka, affect matters because the feelings generated across the screen are real in a material way. Investigating such concepts as publicity and privacy in reality TV families, performance technologies in "Big Brother," arranged marriages in romance reality TV, and gender, race and sexuality in "Survivor" and "Project Runway," she argues that affect is the core reality of a public sphere that is reconfigured by its viewing patterns. Renewing attention to the complexities of affective intimacies, this book offers the rich realities of feeling as a critical alternative to traditional communication models.

Viewer Beware! The Goosebumps TV Companion (hardback) (Hardcover): Jose Prendes Viewer Beware! The Goosebumps TV Companion (hardback) (Hardcover)
Jose Prendes
R901 Discovery Miles 9 010 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Batman: Facts and Stats from the Classic TV Show (Hardcover, Media tie-in): Y. Y. Flurch Batman: Facts and Stats from the Classic TV Show (Hardcover, Media tie-in)
Y. Y. Flurch; Illustrated by Rian Hughes 1
R406 R306 Discovery Miles 3 060 Save R100 (25%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

KA-POW BOFF ZAP This action-packed compendium is the perfect introduction and guide to the beloved 1960s Batman TV series. The dynamic duo, the colourful villains, the gadgets, that theme tune --it's all here Filled with fascinating facts, statistics and quotes, this fun-filled Bat-book is loaded with never-before-seen photos and in-depth looks at the episodes. The ideal gift for all Bat-fans

Immersive Theatre - Engaging the Audience (Hardcover): Josh Machamer Immersive Theatre - Engaging the Audience (Hardcover)
Josh Machamer
R1,511 R1,236 Discovery Miles 12 360 Save R275 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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