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  • The News Interviewby Steven Clayman; John Heritage; Paul Drew

    Cambridge University Press 2002; US$ 46.00

    This much-needed work examines the place of the news interview in Anglo-American society as well as its historical development. Through analyses of well-known interviews, the book explores the relationship between journalists and public figures, and reveals the tensions beneath the surface of the nightly news. more...

  • Media Talkby Andrew Tolson

    Edinburgh University Press 2006; US$ 119.40

    Offers a perspective on some key issues in contemporary media studies. Adapting perspectives derived from "Discourse and Conversation Analysis", this approach investigates distinctive forms of mediated speech on TV and radio. more...

  • New Flows in Global TVby Albert Moran

    Intellect 2009; US$ 20.00

    Although TV distribution has undergone a massive increase in volume and value over the past fifty years, there is a systematic lack of both curiosity and knowledge on the part of both industry and scholars about this area.This book assists in the filling of this gap by studying what, in fact, occurs in global trade in TV program formats within international markets such as Cannes, Las Vegas and Singapore. The study investigates key components of this trade, thereby elucidating the crucial dynamics at work in the most significant contemporary transnational cultural industry. more...

  • The War for Late Nightby Bill Carter

    Penguin Group US 2011; US$ 9.99

    The New York Times bestselling author of The Late Shift delivers a boisterous, two-timing, high-stakes drama about the business of comedy" ( The Associated Press ). No one is more uniquely suited to document television's latest late- night travesty than veteran media reporter and bestselling author, Bill Carter. NBC's CEO, Jeff Zucker, had it all worked out when he moved Jay Leno from behind the desk at The Tonight Show , and handed the reins over to Conan O'Brien. But as everyone knows, his decision was a spectacular failure. Ratings plummeted, affiliates were enraged-and when Zucker tried to put everything back the way it was, that plan backfired as well. In candid detail, Carter charts the vortex that sucked in-not just Leno... more...

  • Uses of Televisionby John Hartley

    Routledge 1998; US$ 38.95

    John 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...

  • Tabloid Televisionby John Langer

    Routledge 1997; US$ 42.95

    This 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$ 39.95

    This 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$ 37.95

    A 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$ 37.95

    A 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...

  • Television Dramaby John Tulloch

    Routledge 1990; US$ 33.95

    Views television drama from a cultural studies perspective, examining the active agency of both viewers and media practitioners. Tulloch looks at genres such as soap opera, science fiction, sitcoms and police series. more...