How To Watch Television / / ed. by Ethan Thompson, Jason Mittell.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
• MitwirkendeR: Acham, Christine,; Ahn, Jiwon,; Alsultany, Evelyn,; Amaya, Hector,; Aslinger, Ben,; Banks, Miranda J.,; Baym, Geoffrey,; Becker, Christine,; Becker, Ron,; Butler, Jeremy G.,; Douglas, Susan J.,; Gottert, Colby,; Gray, Jonathan,; Gurney, David,; Haggins, Bambi L.,; Hendershot, Heather,; Hills, Matt,; Holt, Jennifer,; Jenkins, Henry,; Johnson, Victoria E.,; Jones, Jeffrey P.,; Kompare, Derek,; Kosnik, Abigail De,; Levine, Elana,; Lotz, Amanda D.,; Marcus, Daniel,; Marx, Nick,; Miller, Quinn,; Mittell, Jason,; Murray, Noel,; Newman, Michael Z.,; Ouellette, Laurie,; O’Sullivan, Sean,; Pearson, Roberta,; Petersen, Anne Helen,; Polan, Dana,; Sandler, Kevin,; Sconce, Jeffrey,; Scott, Suzanne,; Stein, Louisa,; Thompson, Ethan,
• HerausgeberIn: Mittell, Jason,; Thompson, Ethan,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2013]; ©2013
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Series: User's Guides to Popular Culture ; 2
• Physical Description: 1 online resource :; 62 black and white illustrations

Examines social and cultural phenomena through the lens of different television showsWe all have opinions about the television shows we watch, but television criticism is about much more than simply evaluating the merits of a particular show and deeming it ‘good’ or ‘bad.’ Rather, criticism uses the close examination of a television program to explore that program’s cultural significance, creative strategies, and its place in a broader social context.How to Watch Television brings together forty original essays from today’s leading scholars on television culture, writing about the programs they care (and think) the most about. Each essay focuses on a particular television show, demonstrating one way to read the program and, through it, our media culture. The essays model how to practice media criticism in accessible language, providing critical insights through analysis—suggesting a way of looking at TV that students and interested viewers might emulate. The contributors discuss a wide range of television programs past and present, covering many formats and genres, spanning fiction and non-fiction, broadcast and cable, providing a broad representation of the programs that are likely to be covered in a media studies course. While the book primarily focuses on American television, important programs with international origins and transnational circulation are also covered.Addressing television series from the medium’s earliest days to contemporary online transformations of television, How to Watch Television is designed to engender classroom discussion among television critics of all backgrounds.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- I. TV Form -- 1. Homicide -- 2. House -- 3. Life on Mars -- 4. Mad Men -- 5. Nip/Tuck -- 6. Phineas & Ferb -- 7. The Sopranos -- 8. Tim and Eric’s Awesome Show, Great Job! -- II. TV Representations -- 9. 24 -- 10. The Amazing Race -- 11. The Cosby Show -- 12. The Dick Van Dyke Show -- 13. Eva Luna -- 14. Glee/House Hunters International -- 15. Grey’s Anatomy -- 16. Jersey Shore -- III. TV Politics -- 17. 30 Days -- 18. America’s Next Top Model -- 19. Family Guy -- 20. Fox & Friends -- 21. M*A*S*H -- 22. Parks and Recreation -- 23. Star Trek -- 24. The Wonder Years -- IV. TV Industry -- 25. Entertainment Tonight -- 26. I Love Lucy -- 27. Modern Family -- 28. Monday Night Football -- 29. NYPD Blue -- 30. Onion News Network -- 31. The Prisoner -- 32. The Twilight Zone -- V. TV Practices -- 33. Auto-Tune the News -- 34. Battlestar Galactica -- 35. Everyday Italian -- 36. Gossip Girl -- 37. It’s Fun to Eat -- 38. One Life to Live -- 39. Samurai Champloo -- 40. The Walking Dead -- Contributors -- Index