Critical approaches to televsion

• Main Author: Vande Berg, Leah R.
• Other Authors: Gronbeck, Bruce E, Wenner, Lawrence A
• Format: Unknown
• Published: Boston Houghton Mifflin Company 2004
• Edition: 2nd. ed.
• Subjects: Television criticism.
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• Physical Description: xxii, 532 p. ill. 24 cm.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 0618206744

This comprehensive text provides a broad overview of television criticism through the explanation of theoretical foundations, analyses of critical approaches, and sample critical essays. The text is organized by critical method, but includes an alternative table of contents for instructors who prefer to teach by genre. Pedagogy includes introductory essays in every chapter, head notes for articles, marginal annotations, and writing exercises. The methods of criticism include theoretical and critical foundations, text-centered, producer-centered, and reception-centered.