Seeing Through The Eighties: Television And Reaganism

How do visual images shape the practice of medicine? What role does visual rep... How do visual images shape the practice of medicine? What role does visual representation play in the cultivation of medical ways of seeing? And how has medicine s visual culture changed in the digital age? Kirsten Ostherr s ambitious study explores... more

How do visual images shape the practice of medicine? What role does visual rep... How do visual images shape the practice of medicine? What role does visual representation play in the cultivation of medical ways of seeing? And how has medicine s visual culture changed in the digital age? Kirsten Ostherr s ambitious study explores... more

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Is reality TV a coherent genre? This book addresses this question by examining... Is reality TV a coherent genre? This book addresses this question by examining the characteristics contexts and breadth of reality TV through a history of its programming trends. Paying attention to stylistic connections as well as key concepts this... more

Drawing on the rapidly developing field of surveillance studies this book exam... Drawing on the rapidly developing field of surveillance studies this book examines television shows and films—including Lost Survivor Minority Report Enemy of the State and Nineteen Eighty-Four—that shape our experience of surveillance both as... more

Storytelling for Film and Television is a theory and practice book which offer... Storytelling for Film and Television is a theory and practice book which offers a definitive introduction to the art of storytelling through writing directing and editing. Author Ken Dancyger provides a comprehensive explanation of the tools that... more

Break Into Writing For Television takes you from the very first line of the sc... Break Into Writing For Television takes you from the very first line of the script through to becoming a regular writer for soaps and continuing dramas . It starts with the basics of different types of script and production and moves on to getting... more

George Gerbner s cultivation theory provides a framework for the analysis of r... George Gerbner s cultivation theory provides a framework for the analysis of relationships between television viewing and attitudes and beliefs about the world. Since the 1970s cultivation analysis has been a lens through which to examine television s... more

An expanded edition of the critical history of Doctor Who covering the series ... An expanded edition of the critical history of Doctor Who covering the series 45 years from creation to triumphant reboot Opening with an in-depth account of the creation of the series in the early 1960s each decade of the show is tackled through a... more

Allusions to Shakespeare haunt our contemporary culture in a myriad of ways wh... Allusions to Shakespeare haunt our contemporary culture in a myriad of ways whether through brief references or sustained intertextual engagements. Shakespeare s plays and motifs have been appropriated in fragmentary forms onstage and onscreen since... more

This book contains a summary of how African American television sitcoms have n... This book contains a summary of how African American television sitcoms have negatively portrayed African Americans. This book looks at different television sitcoms from the 1970 s through current day and discusses the varying stereotypes which have... more

Shows how you can explore television drama through the key media concepts of g... Shows how you can explore television drama through the key media concepts of genre narrative and representation while also uncovering the way institutions and audiences shape television drama. This guide suggests different approaches to teaching the... more

9781444167597. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Mass-market paperback. Language: Eng... 9781444167597. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Mass-market paperback. Language: English. B-format paperback. Writing Television Drama: Get Your Scripts Commissioned takes you from the very first line of the script through to becoming a regular writer for... more

The representation and experience of embodiment is a central preoccupation of ... The representation and experience of embodiment is a central preoccupation of Samuel Beckett s drama one that he explored through diverse media. McMullan investigates the full range of Beckett s dramatic canon for stage radio television and film... more