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Author Dant, Tim, 1951-

Title Television and the moral imaginary : society through the small screen / by Tim Dant
Published Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 239 pages)
Contents Introduction: the Small Screen and Morality -- Morality on Television -- Sociology and the Moral Order -- Televisuality: Style and the Small Screen -- The Phenomenology of Television -- Society and the Small Screen -- Mediating Morality -- Television and the Imaginary -- What's Good on Television?
Summary "Is television a good thing? Yes! It is a key way that people keep up with the changes in the moral culture of modern societies. Not just the tricky ethical issues but the mundane mores which make social life possible. This book uses examples from television programmes ₆ many that you will know and love ₆ to argue that however 'bad' they might be, they show possible ways of living and behaving that audiences can reflect on. By thinking about television through the lens of phenomenology, what we see on the small screen shows us not simply how we should act, but gives us a wide range of possible ways of acting. It shows us what the consequences might be and leaves it up to us what we take from it. The flow of dynamic imagery provides a shared stock of ideas, a 'moral imaginary', that can help to sustain a society that has long outgrown the nation state"--Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Television broadcasting -- Moral and ethical aspects
Television broadcasting -- Social aspects.
PERFORMING ARTS -- Television -- History & Criticism.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Media Studies.
PHILOSOPHY -- Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
Television broadcasting -- Moral and ethical aspects
Television broadcasting -- Social aspects
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781137035554
1137035552