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How to Study Television

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  • © 1995
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Authors:
  1. Keith Selby
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  2. Ron Cowdery
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Part of the book series: Macmillan Study Skills (MASTSK)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Studying television

    • Keith Selby, Ron Cowdery
    Pages 1-9

  3. Analysing a media text

    • Keith Selby, Ron Cowdery
    Pages 10-40

  4. Looking at aspects of a media text

    • Keith Selby, Ron Cowdery
    Pages 41-63

  5. The police series: The Bill

    • Keith Selby, Ron Cowdery
    Pages 64-92

  6. The TV sitcom: Fawlty Towers

    • Keith Selby, Ron Cowdery
    Pages 93-121

  7. Analysing a TV news broadcast: News at Ten

    • Keith Selby, Ron Cowdery
    Pages 122-155

  8. The TV soap: Neighbours

    • Keith Selby, Ron Cowdery
    Pages 156-190

  9. Writing an essay: the game show

    • Keith Selby, Ron Cowdery
    Pages 191-214
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We can all say whether or not we like this or that TV programme, but how can you set about analysing it and formulating an informed critical response to it? What sort of things do you need to know? How can you discuss practical topics like lighting, camera work and editing, together with your insights into class, gender and politics? This invaluable book will tell you how. There are chapters on each of the major forms of TV output, as well as advice on researching, preparing and presenting a project, suggestions to help students expand their reading and knowledge of the subject, a detailed glossary of technical terms and phrases and a short, useful index.

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