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Soundings (Hardcover)
John Corner, Geoffrey Cox
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R1,284
Discovery Miles 12 840
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Public issue television is a major contribution to understanding
the relationship between television, politics and society. Based on
full access to the archives, it offers a fascinating historical
account of how one television series, Granada's World in Action,
celebrated for its tough journalism, visual directness and public
impact, functioned and developed over its run across 35 years
between 1963 and 1998. In a succession of chapters looking at
different periods in the series' development and at key dimensions
of its distinctive identity, it gets deep inside the making of
factual television and examines how a particular culture of
production works within broader conditions of possibility and
constraint. In particular, it charts the interwoven processes of
change - technological, professional, aesthetic, institutional,
economic, social and political. As well as discussing achievement
and success, it examines the tensions, the debates and open
conflicts that formed part of the context within which the series
was made and transmitted across four decades. -- .
The phenomena of `enterprise' and `heritage' might at first thought seem unrelated: this book sets out to show that the two concepts are not only related but deeply interdependent. If `enterprise' can be used to define the official encouragement of the values of the market society, then the growth of the heritage industry can be seen as a manifestation of the entrepreneurial spirit - marketing the past so that it is accessible to the man or woman in the street. Using case studies, commentary and critique, the contributors to this lively volume discuss the importance of `enterprise' and `heritage' in British social and cultural life, with examples drawn from film, television, literature, urban planning, architecture, government advertising, information technology and tourism.
The phenomena of enterprise' and heritage' might at first thought
seem unrelated: this book sets out to show that the two concepts
are not only related but deeply interdependent. If enterprise' can
be used to define the official encouragement of the values of the
market society, then the growth of the heritage industry can be
seen as a manifestation of the entrepreneurial spirit - marketing
the past so that it is accessible to the man or woman in the
street.
Using case studies, commentary and critique, the contributors to
this lively volume discuss the importance of enterprise' and
heritage' in British social and cultural life, with examples drawn
from film, television, literature, urban planning, architecture,
government advertising, information technology and tourism.
This work looks at the functions of documentary in film and
television. Its attempts to depict reality and to comment on it
have provoked disagreement from the 1920s to the present day.
Recent debates about knowledge and representation, and about the
changing character of public culture have increased its interest
and relevance. The author presents a clear view of the theoretical
issues and critical debates about documentary, and discusses the
development of the main styles and approaches, including dramadocs
and fly-on-the-wall. The book also looks at the dual identity of
work in documentary as both artefact and as a reference. This work
provides an analysis of specific examples of powerful documentary
films and programmes such as: Cathy Come Home (whose presentation
of homelessness and young women had enormous impact); Life and
Times of Rosie the Rivetter (depicting the treatment of women in US
factories during World War II); and When the Dog Bites (a view of
life in the previously industrial town of Consett following the
closure of the steel works).
In this book, John Corner explores how issues of power, form and
subjectivity feature at the core of all serious thinking about the
media, including appreciations of their creativity as well as
anxiety about the risks they pose. Drawing widely on an
interdisciplinary literature, he connects his exposition to
examples from film, television, radio, photography, painting, web
practice, music and writing in order to bring in topics as diverse
as reporting the war in Afghanistan, the televising of football,
documentary portrayals of 9/11, reality television, the diversity
of taste in the arts and the construction of civic identity.
Theorising media brings together concepts both from social studies
and the arts and humanities, addressing a readership wider than the
sub-specialisms of media research. It refreshes ideas about why the
media matter and how understanding them better remains a key aim of
cultural inquiry and a continuing requirement for public policy. --
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Television has radically reshaped the contours of knowledge and of pleasure in modern society and become a regular subject of scrutiny and argument. This important book, fully accesible to students yet a contribution to international debate, is the first to offer a systematic review of the ideas which have been most influential across a full range of television criticism and research from the first pioneering studies to the most recent theory and analysis. In the course of exploring key ideas, John Corner develops a clear and close engagement with television itself and the way it is changing. After an Introduction which provides a concise overview of how television has been studied and why, ten chapters take key features of the medium in order to raise questions and and assess arguments. With its focused summaries and its scope of reference, Critical Ideas in Television Studies will help the teaching and study of television to enter a new phase of improved clarity and self-awareness.
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Soundings (Paperback)
John Corner, Geoffrey Cox
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R1,008
Discovery Miles 10 080
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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The first edition of New challenges for documentary provided a
major stimulus for teaching about documentary film and television
and fresh encouragement for critical thinking about practice. This
second edition brings together many new contributions both from
academics and filmmakers, reflecting shifts both in documentary
production itself, and in ways of discussing it. Once again, the
emphasis has been on clear and provocative writing, sympathetic to
the practical challenges of documentary film-making but making
connections with a range of work in media and communications
analysis. With its wide range of contributors and the international
scope of its agenda, New challenges for documentary will be
essential reading for general filmmakers and documentary students
both of academic and practical inclinations. -- .
With Authentic Memoirs, From Established Authorities.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
With Authentic Memoirs, From Established Authorities.
Public issue television is a major contribution to understanding
the relationship between television, politics and society. Based on
full access to the archives, it offers a fascinating historical
account of how one television series, Granada's World in Action,
celebrated for its tough journalism, visual directness and public
impact, functioned and developed over its run across 35 years
between 1963 and 1998. In a succession of chapters looking at
different periods in the series' development and at key dimensions
of its distinctive identity, it gets deep inside the making of
factual television and examines how a particular culture of
production works within broader conditions of possibility and
constraint. In particular, it charts the interwoven processes of
change - technological, professional, aesthetic, institutional,
economic, social and political. As well as discussing achievement
and success, it examines the tensions, the debates and open
conflicts that formed part of the context within which the series
was made and transmitted across four decades. -- .
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