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Wings Over Africa (Hardcover): Susan Murray Wings Over Africa (Hardcover)
Susan Murray
R515 Discovery Miles 5 150 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Hand Me Down Toy Shop (Hardcover): Susan Murray The Hand Me Down Toy Shop (Hardcover)
Susan Murray
R544 Discovery Miles 5 440 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A sad beginning for a little girl who had nothing but poverty in her life and a friendly relationship with her school teacher... "She pressed her little face so tight to the window of the shop" "They even found an old Porcelain Doll down these mines dating back to maybe the 1800's"

Reality TV - Remaking Television Culture (Hardcover, 2 Rev Ed): Susan Murray, Laurie Ouellette Reality TV - Remaking Television Culture (Hardcover, 2 Rev Ed)
Susan Murray, Laurie Ouellette
R2,887 Discovery Miles 28 870 Ships in 10 - 17 working days

Praise for the First Edition:

aOffers the most insightful and significant scholarly analysis to date of the changes taking place in the economic aglobalizationa of television production. A delight to read, laced with wit and humor.a
--"Choice"

Praise for the Second Edition:

aProvides both the record of a strange moment in history and a contribution to contemporary cultural politics. This second, revised edition brings the story right up to the present with a compelling blend of the ancient and the modern.a
--Toby Miller, editor of "Television & New Media"

"The Apprentice," "Project Runway," "The Bachelor," "My Life on the D-list," "Extreme Makeover," "American Idol," It is virtually impossible to turn on a television without coming across some sort of reality programming. Yet, while this genre has rapidly moved from the fringes of television culture to its lucrative core, critical attention has not kept pace.

Beginning by unearthing its historical roots in early reality shows like "Candid Camera" and wending its way through "An American Family" and "The Real World" to the most recent crop of reality programs, Reality TV, now updated with eight new essays, is one of the first books to address the economic, visual, cultural, audience, and new media dimensions of reality television and has become the standard in the field. The essays provide a complex and comprehensive picture of how and why this genre emerged, what it means, how it differs from earlier television programming, and how it engages societies, industries, and individuals. Topics range from the blending of fact and fiction, to the uses of viewer labor and ainteractivity, a to issues of surveillance, gender performativity, hyper-commercialism, and generic parody.

By spanning reality televisionas origins in the late 1940s to its current overwhelming popularity, Reality TV demonstrates both the tenacity of the format and its enduring ability to speak to our changing political and social desires and anxieties.

Hitch Your Antenna to the Stars - Early Television and Broadcast Stardom (Paperback): Susan Murray Hitch Your Antenna to the Stars - Early Television and Broadcast Stardom (Paperback)
Susan Murray
R1,185 Discovery Miles 11 850 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

"Hitch Your Antenna to the Stars" is the first cultural and industrial history of early television stardom. Susan Murray argues that television stars were central to the growth and development of American broadcasting. They were used not only to promote programs and the sale of television sets and advertised consumer goods, but also to established network identities. Through profiles of well-known performers including Milton Berle, Sid Caesar, Jackie Gleason, and Lucille Ball, she shows how the television industry gave birth to the idea of TV stars and established a system of star production and management notably different from the Hollywood star system of the studio era.

Dear Angela - Remembering My So-Called Life (Hardcover): Michele Byers, David Lavery Dear Angela - Remembering My So-Called Life (Hardcover)
Michele Byers, David Lavery; Contributions by Michele Byers, Susan Murray, Andrew Coomes, …
R2,997 Discovery Miles 29 970 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Dear Angela includes fourteen critical essays that examine the brief-lived but landmark television series, My So-Called Life (1994-1995). Though certainly not the first young woman to be the center of a television series, Angela Chase and the show about her life were doing something new on television and influenced many of the shows about young people that followed. Michele Byers and David Lavery bring together enthusiastic and engaging voices that bear on a series that continues to be hailed as a breakthrough moment in television, even though more than a decade has passed since its cancellation. Tackling a broad range of topics_from identity politics, to music, to infidelity, and death_each essay builds upon a belief that My So-Called Life is a particularly rich text worth studying for the clues it offers about a particular moment in cultural and television history. Dear Angela offers a sophisticated analysis of the show's legacy and cultural relevance that will appeal to media studies scholars and fans alike.

Reality TV - Remaking Television Culture (Paperback, 2 Rev Ed): Susan Murray, Laurie Ouellette Reality TV - Remaking Television Culture (Paperback, 2 Rev Ed)
Susan Murray, Laurie Ouellette
R856 Discovery Miles 8 560 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Praise for the First Edition:

aOffers the most insightful and significant scholarly analysis to date of the changes taking place in the economic aglobalizationa of television production. A delight to read, laced with wit and humor.a
--"Choice"

Praise for the Second Edition:

aProvides both the record of a strange moment in history and a contribution to contemporary cultural politics. This second, revised edition brings the story right up to the present with a compelling blend of the ancient and the modern.a
--Toby Miller, editor of "Television & New Media"

"The Apprentice," "Project Runway," "The Bachelor," "My Life on the D-list," "Extreme Makeover," "American Idol," It is virtually impossible to turn on a television without coming across some sort of reality programming. Yet, while this genre has rapidly moved from the fringes of television culture to its lucrative core, critical attention has not kept pace.

Beginning by unearthing its historical roots in early reality shows like "Candid Camera" and wending its way through "An American Family" and "The Real World" to the most recent crop of reality programs, Reality TV, now updated with eight new essays, is one of the first books to address the economic, visual, cultural, audience, and new media dimensions of reality television and has become the standard in the field. The essays provide a complex and comprehensive picture of how and why this genre emerged, what it means, how it differs from earlier television programming, and how it engages societies, industries, and individuals. Topics range from the blending of fact and fiction, to the uses of viewer labor and ainteractivity, a to issues of surveillance, gender performativity, hyper-commercialism, and generic parody.

By spanning reality televisionas origins in the late 1940s to its current overwhelming popularity, Reality TV demonstrates both the tenacity of the format and its enduring ability to speak to our changing political and social desires and anxieties.

Hitch Your Antenna to the Stars - Early Television and Broadcast Stardom (Hardcover, annotated edition): Susan Murray Hitch Your Antenna to the Stars - Early Television and Broadcast Stardom (Hardcover, annotated edition)
Susan Murray
R4,216 Discovery Miles 42 160 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

"Hitch Your Antenna to the Stars" is the first cultural and industrial history of early television stardom. Susan Murray argues that television stars were central to the growth and development of American broadcasting. They were used not only to promote programs and the sale of television sets and advertised consumer goods, but also to established network identities. Through profiles of well-known performers including Milton Berle, Sid Caesar, Jackie Gleason, and Lucille Ball, she shows how the television industry gave birth to the idea of TV stars and established a system of star production and management notably different from the Hollywood star system of the studio era.

Human Fatigue Risk Management - Improving Safety in the Chemical Processing Industry (Paperback): Susan Murray, Matthew S.... Human Fatigue Risk Management - Improving Safety in the Chemical Processing Industry (Paperback)
Susan Murray, Matthew S. Thimgan
R2,240 Discovery Miles 22 400 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Human Fatigue Risk Management: Improving Safety in the Chemical Processing Industry teaches users everything they need to know to mitigate the risk of fatigued workers in a plant or refinery. As human fatigue has been directly linked to several major disasters, the book explores the API RP 755 guidelines that were released to reduce these types of incidents. This book will help users follow API RP 755 and/or implement a fatigue risk management system in their organization. Susan Murray, a recognized expert in the field of sleep deprivation and its relation to high hazard industries, has written this book to be useful for HSE managers, plant and project managers, occupational safety professionals, and engineers and managers in the chemical processing industry. As scheduling of shifts is an important factor in reducing fatigue and accident rates, users will learn the benefits of more frequent staff rotation and how to implement an ideal scheduling plan. The book goes beyond API RP 755, offering more detailed understanding of why certain measures for managing fatigue are beneficial to a company, including examples of how theory can be put into practice. It is a simple, digestible book for managers who are interested in addressing human factor issues at their workplace in order to raise safety standards.

Counterculture UK - A Celebration (Paperback): Rebecca Gillieron, Cheryl Robson Counterculture UK - A Celebration (Paperback)
Rebecca Gillieron, Cheryl Robson; Mark Sheerin, Coco Khan, Susan Murray, …
R521 Discovery Miles 5 210 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

What is Counterculture? - It's an alternative lifestyle... - The ideas that spark a revolution... - A movement that changes the world... This new collection of essays celebrates the incredible originality of British post-war culture. British art, film, theatre, dance, literature and music have attracted international recognition, from the Angry Young Men to the Sex Pistols to Grayson Perry. Now gaming, the internet and social media enable creative communities to flourish and either fight for social justice - or just be entertained. Can we find the creative inspiration to succeed in a postcapitalist future?

Differently Double - An Emeryville saga (Paperback): Sarah Harrar Differently Double - An Emeryville saga (Paperback)
Sarah Harrar; Susan Murray-Miller
R439 Discovery Miles 4 390 Ships in 10 - 17 working days
Wings Over Africa (Paperback): Susan Murray Wings Over Africa (Paperback)
Susan Murray
R360 Discovery Miles 3 600 Ships in 10 - 17 working days
Time Between - The Hauntings of Cherry Valley New York (Paperback): Susan Murray-Miller Time Between - The Hauntings of Cherry Valley New York (Paperback)
Susan Murray-Miller
R394 Discovery Miles 3 940 Ships in 10 - 17 working days
The Hand Me Down Toy Shop (Paperback): Susan Murray The Hand Me Down Toy Shop (Paperback)
Susan Murray
R373 Discovery Miles 3 730 Ships in 10 - 17 working days

A sad beginning for a little girl who had nothing but poverty in her life and a friendly relationship with her school teacher... "She pressed her little face so tight to the window of the shop" "They even found an old Porcelain Doll down these mines dating back to maybe the 1800's"

Reality TV - Remaking Television Culture (Hardcover, New): Susan Murray, Laurie Ouellette Reality TV - Remaking Television Culture (Hardcover, New)
Susan Murray, Laurie Ouellette
R2,172 Discovery Miles 21 720 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

View the Table of Contents.
Read the Introduction.

"Offers the most insightful and significant scholarly analysis to date of the changes taking place in the economic "globalization" of television production. A delight to read, laced with wit and humor."--"Choice"

"Since reality television began to flood TV screens, we've had to deal with another phenomenon: a renewed debate about what is 'fun' versus what is 'good for you.' The essays in this volume enlighten that discussion and take us beyond it. They provide both the record of a strange moment in history and a contribution to contemporary cultural politics."
--Toby Miller, editor of "Television & New Media"

"The book explores the genre's institutional and sociopolitical development, its place in the cultural landscape, and how it serves as a source of meaning and pleasure."
--"NYU Today"

"Survivor," "The Bachelor," "Extreme Makeover," "Big Brother," "Joe Millionaire," "American Idol," "The Osbournes," It is virtually impossible to turn on a television without coming across some sort of reality programming. Yet, while this genre has rapidly moved from the fringes of television culture to its lucrative core, critical attention has not kept pace.

Beginning by unearthing its historical roots in early reality shows like "Candid Camera" and wending its way through "An American Family," "Cops," and "The Real World" to the most recent crop of reality programs, Reality TV is the first book to address the economic, visual, cultural, and audience dimensions of reality television. The essays provide a complex and comprehensive picture of how and why this genre emerged, what it means, how it differs from earliertelevision programming, and how it engages societies, industries, and individuals. Topics range from the construction of televisual "reality" to the changing face of criminal violence on TV, to issues of surveillance, taste, and social control.

By spanning reality television's origins in the late 1940s to its current overwhelming popularity, Reality TV demonstrates both the tenacity of the format and its enduring ability to speak to our changing political and social desires and anxieties.

Contributors include: Nick Couldry, Mary Beth Haralovich, John Hartley, Chuck Kleinhans, Derek Kompare, Jon Kraszewski, Kathleen LeBesco, Justin Lewis, Ted Magder, Jennifer Maher, Anna McCarthy, Rick Morris, Chad Raphael, Elayne Rapping, Jeffrey Sconce, Michael W. Trosset, Pamela Wilson.

Bright Signals - A History of Color Television (Paperback): Susan Murray Bright Signals - A History of Color Television (Paperback)
Susan Murray
R863 Discovery Miles 8 630 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

First demonstrated in 1928, color television remained little more than a novelty for decades as the industry struggled with the considerable technical, regulatory, commercial, and cultural complications posed by the medium. Only fully adopted by all three networks in the 1960s, color television was imagined as a new way of seeing that was distinct from both monochrome television and other forms of color media. It also inspired compelling popular, scientific, and industry conversations about the use and meaning of color and its effects on emotions, vision, and desire. In Bright Signals Susan Murray traces these wide-ranging debates within and beyond the television industry, positioning the story of color television, which was replete with false starts, failure, and ingenuity, as central to the broader history of twentieth-century visual culture. In so doing, she shows how color television disrupted and reframed the very idea of television while it simultaneously revealed the tensions about technology's relationship to consumerism, human sight, and the natural world.

Bright Signals - A History of Color Television (Hardcover): Susan Murray Bright Signals - A History of Color Television (Hardcover)
Susan Murray
R2,675 R467 Discovery Miles 4 670 Save R2,208 (83%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

First demonstrated in 1928, color television remained little more than a novelty for decades as the industry struggled with the considerable technical, regulatory, commercial, and cultural complications posed by the medium. Only fully adopted by all three networks in the 1960s, color television was imagined as a new way of seeing that was distinct from both monochrome television and other forms of color media. It also inspired compelling popular, scientific, and industry conversations about the use and meaning of color and its effects on emotions, vision, and desire. In Bright Signals Susan Murray traces these wide-ranging debates within and beyond the television industry, positioning the story of color television, which was replete with false starts, failure, and ingenuity, as central to the broader history of twentieth-century visual culture. In so doing, she shows how color television disrupted and reframed the very idea of television while it simultaneously revealed the tensions about technology's relationship to consumerism, human sight, and the natural world.

Dear Angela - Remembering My So-Called Life (Paperback): Michele Byers, David Lavery Dear Angela - Remembering My So-Called Life (Paperback)
Michele Byers, David Lavery; Contributions by Michele Byers, Susan Murray, Andrew Coomes, …
R1,440 Discovery Miles 14 400 Ships in 10 - 17 working days

Dear Angela includes fourteen critical essays that examine the brief-lived but landmark television series, My So-Called Life (1994-1995). Though certainly not the first young woman to be the center of a television series, Angela Chase and the show about her life were doing something new on television and influenced many of the shows about young people that followed. Michele Byers and David Lavery bring together enthusiastic and engaging voices that bear on a series that continues to be hailed as a breakthrough moment in television, even though more than a decade has passed since its cancellation. Tackling a broad range of topics-from identity politics, to music, to infidelity, and death-each essay builds upon a belief that My So-Called Life is a particularly rich text worth studying for the clues it offers about a particular moment in cultural and television history. Dear Angela offers a sophisticated analysis of the show's legacy and cultural relevance that will appeal to media studies scholars and fans alike.

Walking on the Ceiling - Reflections on Life Turned Upside-down by Pediatric Cancer (Paperback): Laura Murray, Susan Murray Walking on the Ceiling - Reflections on Life Turned Upside-down by Pediatric Cancer (Paperback)
Laura Murray, Susan Murray
R464 Discovery Miles 4 640 Ships in 10 - 17 working days
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