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Seeing things : television in the age of uncertainty / John Ellis.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : I. B. Tauris, 2000.Description: [vi], 193p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9781860641251 (hbk.) :
  • 9781860644894 (pbk.) :
  • 1860644899
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 384.550941 ELL
LOC classification:
  • PN1992.6 .E45 2000
Contents:
Witness: a new way of perceiving the world--Witness through the Twentieth century--The first era of television: scarcity--The second era of television: availability--Working through: television in the age of uncertainty--Working through and the videographic--Working through and the genres of television--Scheduling: where power lies in television--Channel 4: from offer-led to demand led television--The third era of television: plenty.
Summary: Television offers us multiple ways of understanding the world, yet does not arbitrate between them. This book makes sense of modern television by exploring its processes, and its relationships with the cultures that provide the raw material.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending 384.550941 ELL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 203794

Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-186) and index.

Witness: a new way of perceiving the world--Witness through the Twentieth century--The first era of television: scarcity--The second era of television: availability--Working through: television in the age of uncertainty--Working through and the videographic--Working through and the genres of television--Scheduling: where power lies in television--Channel 4: from offer-led to demand led television--The third era of television: plenty.

Television offers us multiple ways of understanding the world, yet does not arbitrate between them. This book makes sense of modern television by exploring its processes, and its relationships with the cultures that provide the raw material.

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