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This work outlines the theories and approaches to the study of television in an accessible form for students. It is divided into four sections – forms of knowledge, audiences, gender and race. It discusses many television texts including ‘Star Trek’, ‘Kung Fu’, ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’, ‘Xena: Warrior Princess’, and ‘Sesame Street’. Key figures, debates and institutions include: cultivational analysis; Pierre Bourdieu; the Frankfurt School; Public Service Broadcasting; pharmaceutical advertising; and first peoples television. It is intended as an authoritative guide to the perspectives and theory available to a central area within media and cultural studies.
Author Biography
TOBY MILLER is Professor of Cultural Studies and Cultural Policy at NYU, the editor of the journal Television& New Media and the author of several publications, including The Avengers (1997) and (as co-author) Global Hollywood (2001).
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