Television and the Self - Knowledge, Identity, and Media Representation (Hardcover)

Sitting prominently at the hearth of our homes, television serves as a voice of our modern time. Given our media-saturated society and television's prominent voice and place in the home, it is likely we learn about our society and selves through these stories. These narratives are not simply entertainment, but powerful socializing agents that shape and reflect the world and our role in it. Television and the Self: Knowledge, Identity, and Media Representation brings together a diverse group of scholars to investigate the role television plays in shaping our understanding of self and family. This edited collection's rich and diverse research demonstrates how television plays an important role in negotiating self, and goes far beyond the treacly "very special" episodes found in family sit-coms in the 1980s. Instead, the authors show how television reflects our reality and helps us to sort out what it means to be a twenty-first-century man or woman.

General

Imprint:	Lexington Books
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	April 2013
First published:	April 2013
Editors:	Kathleen M. Ryan • Deborah A. Macey
Contributors:	Tanja N. Aho • Andree E. C. Betancourt • Amy C Duvall • Jennifer G. Hall • Michael Johnson • Susan G Kahlenberg • Amanda S McClain • Brian McKernan
Dimensions:	236 x 162 x 28mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	304
ISBN-13:	978-0-7391-7957-4
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Television Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > Media studies
LSN:	0-7391-7957-8
Barcode:	9780739179574

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