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Amusing ourselves to death : public discourse in the age of show business / Neil Postman London: Methuen, 1987.
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Artists and the "creation" of Australia : a discussion paper with positive proposals / Arts Action Australia Inc Clayton, Vic.: Ideas for Australia 1991-1992 Program in association with the National Centre for Australian Studies, 1991.
Call No: 408.1(94) ARTCorpAuthor: Arts Action Australia Inc; Monash University. National Centre for Australian Studies; Ideas for Australia 1991-92 ProgramSource: ATPlace: Clayton, Vic.Publisher: Ideas for Australia 1991-1992 Program in association with the National Centre for Australian StudiesPubDate: 1991PhysDes: 12 p. ; 30 cmSubject: NATIONAL CULTURE AND THE CINEMA. AUSTRALIA ; NATIONAL CULTURE AND TV. AUSTRALIA Notes: Cover titleISBN: 0732602793LON: 8395440
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Australian television : programs, pleasures & politics / edited by John Tulloch and Graeme Turner Sydney: Allen & Unwin, 1989.
Call No: 408.1(94) AUSAuthor: Tulloch, John, 1942 ; Turner, Graeme Place: SydneyPublisher: Allen & UnwinPubDate: 1989PhysDes: xv, 204 p. ; 22 cmSeries: Australian cultural studiesSubject: TELEVISION. AUSTRALIA ; NATIONAL CULTURE AND TV. AUSTRALIA ; TELEVISION AND THE CINEMA. AUSTRALIA ; GAMES SHOWS. AUSTRALIA ; SOAP OPERAS. AUSTRALIA ; DOCUMENTARIES. AUSTRALIA ; CHILDREN AND TV. AUSTRALIA ; HISTORY OF TV. AUSTRALIA ; PERFECT MATCH [TV] (AT, 1984-89?) ; PRISONER [TV] (AT, 1979-86) ; COUNTRY PRACTICE, A [TV] (AT, 1981-1995?) ; LAST PLACE ON EARTH, THE [TV] (AT, 1987) ; VIETNAM [TV] (AT, John Duigan & Chris Noonan, 1987) Notes: Includes bibliographies and indexISBN: 0043800300 (pbk.) : price unknownLON: 6398616
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Australian television and international mediascapes / Stuart Cunningham and Elizabeth Jacka Cambridge Melbourne: Cambridge University Press, 1996.
Call No: 203(94) CUNAuthor: Cunningham, Stuart ; Jacka, Elizabeth Place: Cambridge MelbournePublisher: Cambridge University PressPubDate: 1996PhysDes: xix, 284 p. : ill. ; 23 cmSubject: INDUSTRY, TV. AUSTRALIA ; AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION ; EXPORT AND IMPORT OF TV. AUSTRALIA ; TELEVISION. AUSTRALIA ; PRODUCTION. AUSTRALIA ; VILLAGE ROADSHOW ; NATIONAL CULTURE AND TV. AUSTRALIA ; NEIGHBOURS [TV] (AT, 1985-) ; FLYING DOCTORS, THE [TV] (AT, 1986-91) ; PARADISE BEACH [TV] (AT, 1993-94) ; BEYOND 2000 [TV] (AT, 1985-) ; BRIDES OF CHRIST [TV] (AT, Ken Cameron, 1991) Summary: "Describes the origins and operation of the Australian industry and the increasing globalisation of the television marketplace. Their book examines the television cultures of the countries importing Australian programs, and assesses the reasons for the success of failure of various programs" - taken from back coverNotes: Includes index; CIP confirmed; Bibliography: p. 254-270ISBN: 052147003X; 0521469740 (pbk.)LON: 11853714
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Australian television and international mediascapes / Stuart Cunningham and Elizabeth Jacka Cambridge Melbourne: Cambridge University Press, 1996.
Call No: 203(94) CUNAuthor: Cunningham, Stuart ; Jacka, Elizabeth Place: Cambridge MelbournePublisher: Cambridge University PressPubDate: 1996PhysDes: xix, 284 p. : ill. ; 23 cmSubject: INDUSTRY, TV. AUSTRALIA ; AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION ; EXPORT AND IMPORT OF TV. AUSTRALIA ; TELEVISION. AUSTRALIA ; PRODUCTION. AUSTRALIA ; VILLAGE ROADSHOW ; NATIONAL CULTURE AND TV. AUSTRALIA ; NEIGHBOURS [TV] (AT, 1985-) ; FLYING DOCTORS, THE [TV] (AT, 1986-91) ; PARADISE BEACH [TV] (AT, 1993-94) ; BEYOND 2000 [TV] (AT, 1985-) ; BRIDES OF CHRIST [TV] (AT, Ken Cameron, 1991) Summary: "Describes the origins and operation of the Australian industry and the increasing globalisation of the television marketplace. Their book examines the television cultures of the countries importing Australian programs, and assesses the reasons for the success of failure of various programs" - taken from back coverNotes: Includes index; CIP confirmed; Bibliography: p. 254-270ISBN: 052147003X; 0521469740 (pbk.)LON: 11853714Donation: Counihan donation
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Australian television culture / Tom O'Regan St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin, 1993.
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Boxed in : the culture of TV / by Mark Crispin Miller Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Press, 1989.
Call No: 62(04)(73) MILAuthor: Miller, Mark Crispin Edition: 3rd ed.Source: USPlace: Evanston, ILPublisher: Northwestern University PressPubDate: 1989PhysDes: 349 p. : ill. ; 23 cmSubject: FILM ; MEDIA ; TELEVISION ; NATIONAL CULTURE AND TV ; USA ; COSBY SHOW, THE [TV] (US, 1984-92) ; SUSPICION (US, Alfred Hitchcock, 1941) Summary: "These twenty essays written over the past decade comprise an unusual study of the American media spectacle. Here are readings of cinema, advertising, rock music, and -above all - television, a force now so pervasive that it almost seems invisible.
The book is divided into four sections. The first and longest - "What's On TV" - is a collection of twelve essays on some of TV's best-known images. The essays in the next section, "Rock Music: A Success Story," define the trajectory of rock and roll from its exhilarating take-off in the Fifties to its eventual descent into just another form of show business. In "The Promise of Cinema" Miller deals variously with the issue of sexism in the movies, then moves on to an analysis of Alfred Hitchcock's particular response to the problem of mass spectatorship. The book ends with "Overviews," two long essays on the elimination of critical consciousness from our culture.
Each pieces not only offers an intensive analysis of some well-known visual moments - a soap commercial, Bill Cosby's face, Darth Vader glimpsed suddenly without his helmet - but also moves far beyond that rich particular to show how it illuminates the larger forces that produced it. Throughout Boxed In Miller sets a critical example - to show we can, and must, think out loud against the universal pressure of TV" -- BOOK BLURBNotes: Includes index; Bibliography: p. 333-335; Includes indexISBN: 080107929Contents: -- list of illustrations -- acknowledgments -- introduction: the hipness unto death -- what's on TV -- massa, coming home -- getting dirty -- "family feud" -- off the prigs -- Cosby knows best -- virtu, inc -- a viewer's campaign diary, 1984 -- sickness on TV -- patriotism without tears -- "the air of expectancy was bursting at the seams" -- black and white -- how TV covers war -- rock music: a success story -- where all the flowers went -- the king -- the promise of cinema -- the lives of the stars -- Tom Mix was a softie -- in memoriam - A.J.H -- Hitchcock's suspicions and Suspicion -- overviews -- the robot in the western mind -- big brother is you, watching -- index --
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How to watch television / edited by Ethan Thompson and Jason Mittell New York: New York University Press, 2013.
Call No: 67(04) THOAuthor: Thompson, Ethan ; Mittell, Jason Source: USPlace: New YorkPublisher: New York University PressPubDate: 2013PhysDes: x, 396 pages : illustrations ; 26 cmSubject: AESTHETICS ; AUDIENCES ; CRITICISM, TV. ; CULTURAL IMPERIALISM ; FEMINISM AND TV ; INDUSTRY, TV. ; INDUSTRY, TV. USA ; NATIONAL CULTURE AND TV ; POLITICS AND TV ; YOUTUBE Summary: "We 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, 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." -- BOOK BLURBNotes: Includes indexISBN: 9780814763988Contents: Acknowledgements -- Introduction: an owner's manual for television: Ethan Thompson and Jason Mittell --; I. TV form: aesthetics and style -- 'Homicide': realism: Bambi L. Haggins -- 'House': narrative complexity: Amanda D. Lotz -- 'Life on Mars': transnational adaptation: Christine Becker -- 'Mad Men': visual style: Jeremy G. Butler -- 'Nip/Tuck': popular music: Ben Aslinger -- 'Phineas & Ferb': children's television: Jason Mittell -- 'The Sopranos': episodic storytelling: Sean O'Sullivan -- 'Tim and Eric's Awesome Show, Great Job!': metacomedy: Jeffrey Sconce; II. Television representations: social identity and cultural politics -- '24': challenging stereotypes: Evelyn Alsultany -- 'The Amazing Race': global othering: Jonathan Gray -- 'The Cosby Show': representing race: Christine Acham -- 'The Dick Van Dyke Show': queer meanings: Quinn Miller -- 'Eva Luna': Latino/a audiences: Hector Amaya -- 'Glee'/'House Hunters International': gay narratives: Ron Becker -- 'Grey's Anatomy': feminism: Elana Levine -- 'Jersey Shore': ironic viewing: Susan J. Douglas; III. TV politics: democracy, nation, and the public interest -- '30 Days': social engagement: Geoffrey Baym and Colby Gottert -- 'America's Next Top Model': neoliberal labor: Laurie Ouellette -- 'Family Guy': undermining satire: Nick Marx -- 'Fox & Friends': political talk: Jeffrey P. Jones -- 'M*A*S*H': socially relevant comedy: Noel Murray -- 'Parks and Recreation': the cultural forum: Heather Hendershot -- 'Star Trek': serialised ideology: Roberta Pearson -- 'The Wonder Years': televised nostalgia: Daniel Marcus; IV. TV industry: industrial practices and structures -- 'Entertainment Tonight': tabloid news: Anna Helen Petersen -- 'I Love Lucy': the writer-producer: Miranda J. Banks -- 'Modern Family': product placement: Kevin Sandler -- 'Monday Night Football': brand identity: Victoria E. Johnson -- 'NYPD Blue': content regulation: Jennifer Holt -- 'Onion News Network': flow: Ethan Thompson -- 'The Prisoner': cult TV remakes: Matt Hills -- 'The Twilight Zone': landmark television: Derek Kompare; V. TV practices: medium, technology, and everyday life -- 'Autotune the News': remix video: David Guerney -- 'Battlestar Galactica': fans and ancillary content: Suzanne Scott -- 'Everyday Italian': cultivating taste: Michael Z. Newman -- 'Gossip Girl': transmedia technologies: Louisa Stein -- 'It's Fun to Eat': forgotten television: Dana Polan -- 'One Life to Live': soap opera storytelling: Abigail de Kosnik -- 'Samurai Champloo': transnational viewing: Jiwon Ahn -- 'The Walking Dead': adapting comics: Henry Jenkins; Contributors -- Index
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Media cultures : reappraising transnational media / edited by Michael Skovmand and Kim Christian Schrªder London New York: Routledge, 1992.
Call No: 408.3 MEDAuthor: Skovmand, Michael ; Schrªder, Kim Place: London New YorkPublisher: RoutledgePubDate: 1992PhysDes: viii, 222 p. ; 22 cmSubject: MEDIA ; NATIONAL IDENTITY AND TV. EUROPEAN COUNTRIES ; NEWS PROGRAMMES ; CULTURAL IMPERIALISM. EUROPEAN COUNTRIES ; AUDIENCES ; CULT FILMS ; INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING ; NATIONAL CULTURE AND TV ; SYDICATION ; POSTMODERNISM AND TV/VIDEO ; PUBLIC BROADCASTING ; GULF WAR ON TV ; BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION ; CABLE NEWS NETWORK ; NORSK RIKSKRINGKASTING ; BOGART, HUMPHREY ; POTTER, DENNIS ; CASABLANCA (US, Michael Curtiz, 1942) ; ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW, THE (UK, Jim Sharman, 1975) ; WHEEL OF FORTUNE [TV] (US, 1975-) ; A BOUT DE SOUFFLE (FR, Jean-Luc Godard, 1959) ; BREATHLESS (FR, Jean-Luc Godard, 1959) ; BREATHLESS (US, Jim McBride, 1983) ; PENNIES FROM HEAVEN (US, Herbert Ross, 1981) Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexISBN: 0415063841; 041506385X (pbk.)LON: 8457888
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Prime-time society : an anthropological analysis of television and culture / Conrad Phillip Kottak Belmont, Calif.: Wadsworth Pub. Co., 1990.
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Those fabulous TV years / Brian Davies North Ryde, N.S.W.: Cassell Australia, 1981.
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