Television at the Movies: Cinematic and Critical Approaches to American Broadcasting

by Tracy MacLean and Jon Wagner

The overview of television criticism, which this book provides, comes appropriately at a moment of change. Television is becoming dramatically different as a result of new and developing technologies such as cable, HDTV, satellite transmission and broadband distributions. By concentrating on the still-dominant notion of television, what the authors call "Classical Network Television," they argue that it is as important to understand this model as...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826429629
• ISBN13: 9780826429629
• Release Date: May 2008
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"