Understanding Television Texts
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Introduction: Thinking about TV.- How the book works .- Studying TV .- How is TV different? .- PART I – CONTEXTS .- 1: Production Theories of production Production structures Production companies Technology and TV language Branding and marketing Public service broadcasting Scheduling.- 2: Audiences and consumption The television audience TV as a mass medium Television as a shared experience Regulating TV How we consume TV Audience theories Changing consumption Critical contexts.- PART II– TEXTS.- 3: TV fiction Theoretical considerations Characters and performance Narrative structures Authorship.- 4: TV fact Factual entertainment News Current affairs.- Conclusion Bibliography.- Index

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PHIL WICKHAM is a TV Curator at the British Film Institute. He has written and lectured on British film and TV and is the author of the forthcoming BFI TV Classic on The Likely Lads.

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