Television at the movies : cinematic and critical approaches to American broadcasting / Jon Nelson Wagner and Tracy Biga MacLean.
"The overview of television criticism, which this book provides, comes appropriately at a moment of change. Television is becoming dramatically different as a result of new and developing technologies such as cable, HDTV, satellite transmission and broadband distributions. By concentrating on t...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Continuum,
2008.
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| Summary: | "The overview of television criticism, which this book provides, comes appropriately at a moment of change. Television is becoming dramatically different as a result of new and developing technologies such as cable, HDTV, satellite transmission and broadband distributions. By concentrating on the still-dominant notion of television, what the authors call “Classical Network Television,” they argue that it is as important to understand this model as it is to understand Classical Hollywood Cinema."--Publisher's website. |
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| Physical Description: | vii, 223 pages ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-223). Includes filmography: p. 201-207. |
| ISBN: | 0826429629 9780826429629 0826429637 9780826429636 |