Media audiences television, meaning and emotion / Kristyn Gorton.

Author/creator Gorton, Kristyn, 1972-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoEdinburgh : Edinburgh University Press,
Descriptionix, 176 p. ; 22 cm.
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Subjects
Mass media--Audiences.
Television viewers--Psychology.
Emotions--Sociological aspects.
Mass media--Audiences. --Case studies.
Television viewers--Psychology. --Case studies.
Emotions--Sociological aspects. --Case studies.

SeriesMedia topics
Media topics. ^A783013
Contents Introduction : why study television? -- Pt. 1. Theoretical background -- 'Desperately seeking the audience' : models of audience reception -- Personal meanings, fandom and sitting too close to the television -- Global meanings and trans-cultural understandings of Dallas -- Theorising emotion and affect : feminist engagements -- Theorising emotion in film and television -- Pt. 2. Case studies -- A sentimental journey : writing emotion in television -- 'There's no place like home" : emotional exposure, excess and empathy on TV -- Emotional rescue : The Sopranos (HBO 1999-2007, ER (NBC 1994-) and State of play (BBC1 2003) -- Feminising television : the mother role in Six feet under (HBO 2001-6) and Brothers & sisters (ABC 2006-) -- Researching emotion in television : a small-scale case study of emotion in the UK/Irish sop industry.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2011487004
ISBN9780748624171 (hbk.)
ISBN0748624171 (hbk.)
ISBN074862418X (pbk.)
ISBN9780748624188 (pbk.)

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