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Author Lewis, Justin, 1958-

Title The ideological octopus : an exploration of television and its audience / Justin Lewis
Published New York : Routledge, 1991

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 W'PONDS  302.2345 Lew/Ioa  AVAILABLE
Description x, 218 pages ; 24 cm
Series Studies in culture and communication
Studies in culture and communication.
Contents An introduction to the TV audience -- Rethinking television -- The new audience research -- Gathering evidence -- Two empirical studies -- Behind the news -- The power of the popular television: the case of Cosby
Summary An introduction to studying the television audience, discussing new developments in semiology and cultural studies and their contribution to our understanding of the power of television
Analysis Television Audiences
Television viewers Psychology
Television Psychological aspects
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 207-215
SUBJECT Cosby show (Television program)
Subject Television programs -- Social aspects.
Television viewers -- Psychology.
Television viewers -- United States.
Television -- Psychological aspects.
LC no. 91029957
ISBN 0415902878
0415902886 (paperback)