| Description |
xi, 241 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Series |
Palgrave study guides |
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How to study series
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Palgrave study guides.
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| Contents |
1. Studying television -- 2. Analysing a media text -- 3. Looking at aspects of a media text -- 4. The police series: The Bill -- 5. The TV sitcom: Fawlty Towers -- 6. Analysing a TV news broadcast -- 7. The TV soap: Neighbours -- 8. Writing an essay: the game show |
| Summary |
With the help of this book, any student will be able to make sense of any television programme or genre. There are chapters on each of the major forms of television output, as well as advice on researching, preparing and presenting a project for Media or Communications Studies, suggestions to help students expand their reading and knowledge of the subject, a detailed glossary of technical terms and phrases used in the study of the media, and a short, useful index. This book contains practical, detailed advice to enable students to tackle any kind of televisual text |
| Analysis |
Television Programmes (Broadcasting) |
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BILL, THE [TV] (UK, 1984-) |
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FAWLTY TOWERS [TV] (UK, 1975; 1979) |
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MEDIA STUDIES |
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NEIGHBOURS [TV] (AT, 1985-) |
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PRODUCTION, TV. AUSTRALIA |
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PROGRAMME GENRES |
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TELEVISION |
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THEORY |
| Notes |
"... a companion volume to Macmillan's How to study literature series" -- Facing t.p |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| SUBJECT |
Fawlty Towers (Television program) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81074908
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Neighbours (Television program)
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Bill (television program) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2014046459
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| Subject |
Television broadcasting -- Study and teaching.
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Television criticism.
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Television plays.
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Television programs -- Plots, themes, etc.
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Television scripts -- Editing.
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Television programs -- Study and teaching.
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Television -- Production and direction -- Study and teaching.
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Television -- Semiotics.
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Television -- Study and teaching.
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| Author |
Cowdery, Ron.
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| ISBN |
0333569652 (paperback) |
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