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Understanding the Global TV Formatby Albert Moran
Intellect 2006; US$ 10.00This volume presents a series of papers concerned with the interrelations between the postmodern and the present state of art and design education. Spanning a range of thematic concerns, the book reflects upon existing practice and articulates revolutionary prospects potentially viable through a shift in educative thinking. more...
Amusing Ourselves to Deathby Neil Postman; Andrew Postman
Penguin Group Inc. 2005; US$ 12.99Originally published in 1985, Neil Postman?s groundbreaking polemic about the corrosive effects of television on our politics and public discourse has been hailed as a twenty-first-century book published in the twentieth century. Now, with television joined by more sophisticated electronic media?from the Internet to cell phones to DVDs?it has taken on even greater significance. Amusing Ourselves to Death is a prophetic look at what happens when politics, journalism, education, and even religion become subject to the demands of entertainment. It is also a blueprint for regaining controlof our media, so that they can serve our highest goals. more...
The Big Bang Theory and Philosophyby William Irwin; Dean Kowalski
John Wiley & Sons 2012; US$ 17.95A lighthearted meditation on the philosophical quandaries of the hit television show The Big Bang Theory Ever wonder what Aristotle might say about the life Sheldon Cooper leads? Why Thomas Hobbes would applaud the roommate agreement? Who Immanuel Kant would treat with "haughty derision" for weaving "un-unravelable webs?" Andmost importantlywhether Wil Wheaton is truly evil? Of course you have. Bazinga! This book mines the deep thinking of some of history's most potent philosophical minds to explore your most pressing questions about The Big Bang Theory and its nerdy genius characters. You might find other philosophy books on science and cosmology, but only this one refers to Darth Vader Force-chokes, cloning Leonard Nimoy,... more...
Most Talkativeby Andy Cohen
Henry Holt and Co. 2012; US$ 11.99The man behind the Real Housewives writes about his lifelong love affair with pop culture that brought him from the suburbs of St. Louis to his own television show From a young age, Andy Cohen knew one thing: He loved television. Not in the way that most kids do, but in an irrepressible, all-consuming, I-want-to-climb-inside-the-tube kind of way. And climb inside he did. Now presiding over Bravo's reality TV empire, he started out as an overly talkative pop culture obsessive, devoted to Charlie's Angels and All My Children and to his mother, who received daily letters from Andy at summer camp, usually reminding her to tape the soaps. In retrospect, it's hard to believe that everyone didn't know that Andy was gay; still, he... more...
Uses of Televisionby John Hartley
Routledge 1998; US$ 40.95John Hartley's new book defends the place of television in our lives, suggesting that it reunites government, education and media to create a new kind of cultural teaching which communicates across social and geographical boundaries. more...
Desperately Seeking the Audienceby Ien Ang
Routledge 1991; US$ 45.95Ang's ethnographic perspective on the television audience gives new insights into our television culture, with the audience seen not as an object to be controlled, but as an active social subject. more...
Tabloid Televisionby John Langer
Routledge 1997; US$ 45.95This book provides an eclectic and intriguing look at one of the most maligned areas of television news; John Langer offers some interesting speculation about where television news may be heading. more...
Living Room Warsby Ien Ang
Routledge 1995; US$ 39.95This brings together Ien Ang's recent writings on television audiences and, in response to recent criticisms of cultural studies, argues that it is possible to study audience pleasures and popular television in a way that is not naively populist. more...
Inside Broadcastingby Freelance producer and journalist J Newby
Routledge 1997; US$ 39.95A comprehensive introduction to a highly rewarding yet competitive industry. The skills, experience and qualifications that are required for entry into the profession are explained together with how each job fits into the industry as a whole. more...
Television Cultureby John Fiske
Routledge 1987; US$ 37.95A comprehensive introduction to television studies. Fiske analyses both the economic and cultural aspects of television and investigates it in terms of both theory and text based criticism. more...









