ABSTRACT
For over two decades, Television has served as the foremost guide to television studies, offering readers an in-depth understanding of how television programs and commercials are made and how they function as producers of meaning. Author Jeremy G. Butler shows the ways in which camera style, lighting, set design, editing, and sound combine to produce meanings that viewers take away from their television experience.
Highlights of the fifth edition include:
- An entirely new chapter by Amanda D. Lotz on television in the contemporary digital media environment.
- Discussions integrated throughout on the latest developments in screen culture during the on-demand era—including the impact of binge-watching and the proliferation of screens (smartphones, tablets, computer monitors, etc.).
- Updates on the effects of new digital technologies on TV style.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|181 pages
Television Structures and Systems
chapter 1|13 pages
An Introduction to Television Structures and Systems
Ebb and Flow in the Network Era
part II|125 pages
Television Style
part III|58 pages
Television Studies