Entertaining Politics: New Political Television and Civic Culture
Contrary to arguments that television is detrimental to democracy, Entertaining Politics explores the role of new political television in shaping a changing civic culture. Jeffrey P. Jones shows how viewers understand and make use of the increasingly blurred lines between 'serious' and 'entertainment' programming and argues that alarmist critics who predict the end of politics in the age of television have misconstrued the role of the medium and the commitment of audiences to both TV and public life.
Watching Race: Television and Struggle for Blackness
Examines the cultural politics of television and race.
In the late 1980s and early 1990s television representations of African Americans exploded on the small screen. Why has this occurred, and what relation do these shows have to society's idea of "blackness"? How do these shows relate to earlier television series featuring African Americans? Herman Gray's Watching Race -- now available in paperback for the first time -- offers a new look at the changing representations of African Americans on television.
Starting with the portrayal of blacks on series such as The Jack Benny Show and Amos 'n' Andy, Gray details the ongoing dialogue between television representations and cultural discourse to show how the meaning of blackness has changed through the years of the TV era. Drawing on analyses of The Cosby Show, Frank's Place, In Living Color, and Roc, as well as music videos, news coverage, and advertising, Watching Race examines how the political stakes, cultural perspectives, and social...
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The Boy Who Did Not Like Television
Zink crafts a wonderful story of a young boy whose one wish is that his parents would turn off the television and turn their attention to him instead. This distresses his parents, but eventually they come to realize that their son is more entertainment than television could ever be. Full color.
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Television Production by Gerald Millerson, ISBN 0240514920
For over 30 years, Gerald Millerson's various books have been the foundation texts for thousands of students and professionals studying television production. Translated into Spanish, Italian, Japanese, Hebrew, French and German, these titles have become truly international.
For over 30 years, Gerald Millerson's various books have been the foundation texts for thousands of students and professionals studying television production. Translated into Spanish, Italian, Japanese, Hebrew, French and German, these titles have become truly international.
Television Production offers you a very practical guide to professional TV and video production techniques. Here you will find straightforward description and explanations of the equipment you will use, and discover the best ways to use it. You will also learn how to anticipate and quickly overcome typical everyday problems.
You will explore in detail all the major features of television production, learning the secrets of top-grade camerawork,...
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The Television Studies Reader by Robert Allen and Annette Hill, ISBN 0415283248
A discussion of a truly international range of television programs, this title covers alternative modes of television such as digital and satellite.
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All the Math You'll Ever Need: A Self-Teaching Guide by Steve Slavin, ISBN 0471317519
Completely updated and redesigned to be upbeat, encouraging, and non-intimidating--topics cover the basics needed in everyday life, such as multiplication and division, discounts, and interest rates.
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Baretta: Season 1 (Full Frame)
Robert Blake stars in "Baretta," the classic landmark television series that made him a household name. Edgy undercover cop Tony Baretta (Blake) is tough, eccentric, dangerous?the one cop the bad guys fear most! This explosive Emmy-nominated crime-drama series set the standard for gritty, realistic television cop shows.
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Jamie Foxx: I Might Need Security (Full Frame)
You know him as an hilarious television star from "Roc," "In Living Color," and "The Jamie Foxx Show." You know him as a tremendous movie star from "Booty Call," "The Players Club," "Bait," "Any Given Sunday" and "Ali." And when you watch his sold-out performance at the Paramount Theater in Oakland, California, you'll know him as one of the world's funniest comedians. Originally produced for HBO Television, this comedy special leaves no doubt that Jamie Foxx is at the top of his game!
Hilarious Outtakes, Extra Uncensored Material, Jamie's hilarious rendition of "The Brady Bunch Theme" (25 min.
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Beyond Representation: Television Drama and the Politics and Aesthetics of Identity
"Beyond Representation" poses the question as to whether over the last thirty years there have been signs of 'progress' or 'progressiveness' in the representation of 'marginalised' or subaltern identity categories within television drama in Britain and the US. In doing so, it interrogates some of the key assumptions concerning the relationship between aesthetics and the politics of identity that have influenced and informed television drama criticism during this period.
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