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Children's Responses to the Screen
A Media Psychological Approach
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2004
The past several decades have witnessed thousands of studies into children and the media. Yet, much academic research is still in its infancy when it comes to our knowledge about the uses, preferences, and effects of different media. This distinctive volume moves the field forward in this regard,...
Global News
Reporting Conflicts and Cosmopolitanism
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2014
Global News explores how media representation is conceived and enacted in a world of diversity and transborder flows. Among the ‘new media’ crowding the global mediascape are influential television outlets that promise viewers alternative vantage points to those of established Western broadcasters....
by Jim Hamilton
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2014
New telecommunications company, ‘fiVe’, wants its name to be on everyone’s lips and Collards, the top ad agency in the country, is commissioned. The ‘fiVe’ Show is born and Saturday night television would never be the same again, as the million pound lottery prize becomes essential viewing....
Downton Abbey
The Official Film Companion
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2019
The official tie-in book for Downton Abbey, the full-length feature film.
Downton Abbey: The Official Film Companion is a stunning memento, bringing the world and the characters of our favorite fictional country house to life. Featuring spectacular photographs from the production, interviews...
Authenticity and How We Fake It
Belief and Subjectivity in Reality TV, Facebook and YouTube
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2016
Consumers today are invested in reality-based media, such as reality television and social media, which in theory draw content from somewhere off-screen in our lived experience. This is seen as more “authentic” than the predominantly fictional media of the latter half of the 20th century. Yet...
Al Jazeera and the Global Media Landscape
The South is Talking Back
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2013
This book analyzes how and why Al Jazeera English (AJE) became thechannel of choice to understand the massive protests across the Arab world 2011. Aiming to explain the ‘Al Jazeera moment,’ it tracks the channel’s bumpy road towards international recognition in a longitudinal, in-depth analysis...
The Comic Galaxy of Mystery Science Theater 3000
Twelve Classic Episodes and the Movies They Lampoon
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2015
One of the most original shows in the history of television, Mystery Science Theater 3000 is a beloved cult hit built on the back of another cult phenomenon: the bad movie. The show’s premise involved a man and some robots watching cheesy movies and cracking jokes. Over its 197 episodes, MST3K developed...
by Meg Donhauser, Heather Hersey, Cathy Stutzman
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2014
In 2004, ABC aired the premiere episode of LOST, a show that would go on to capture the imaginations of millions of fans for six seasons. Years after its final episode, LOST continues to occupy the hearts and minds of those fans who dubbed themselves "Losties." This is their story. Culled from over...
Monty Python
A Chronology, 1969-2012, 2d ed.
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2013
A chronological listing of the creative output and other antics of the members of the British comedy group Monty Python, both as a group and individually. Coverage spans between 1969 (the year Monty Python’s Flying Circus debuted) and 2012. Entries include television programs, films, stage shows,...
Electronic Media Criticism
Applied Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2008
Electronic Media Criticism introduces readers to a variety of critical approaches to audio and video discourse on radio, television and the Internet. The book applies key aesthetic, sociological, philosophical, psychological, structural and economic principles to arrive at a comprehensive evaluation...
Gendering the Recession
Media and Culture in an Age of Austerity
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2014
This timely, necessary collection of essays provides feminist analyses of a recession-era media culture characterized by the reemergence and refashioning of familiar gender tropes, including crisis masculinity, coping women, and postfeminist self-renewal. Interpreting media forms as diverse as reality...
The Lifetime Network
Essays on "Television for Women" in the 21st Century
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2016
For more than 30 years, Lifetime has aired a broad range of programming, including original movies, sitcoms, dramas and reality shows. As other networks dedicated to women have come and gone, Lifetime continues to thrive in an ever-expanding cable marketplace, exploring such sensitive topics as race,...
The Politics of Race, Gender and Sexuality in The Walking Dead
Essays on the Television Series and Comics
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2018
From the beginning, both Robert Kirkman’s comics and AMC’s series of The Walking Dead have brought controversy in their presentations of race, gender and sexuality. Critics and fans have contended that the show’s identity politics have veered toward the decidedly conservative, offering up traditional...
Doctor Who: The Book of Whoniversal Records
Official Timey-Wimey Edition
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2018
A fact-packed, full-color illustrated collection of records that celebrates the best, biggest and most memorable moments from the world of Doctor Who.
Doctor Who: The Book of Whoniversal Records is a handy compilation of the greatest—and strangest—details from the brilliant, imaginative...