An edition of The television genre book
(2015)
The television genre book
3rd edition.
by Glen Creeber, Toby Miller, and John Tulloch
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"Genre is central to understanding the industrial context and visual form of television. This new edition of the key textbook on television genre brings together leading international scholars to provide an accessible and comprehensive introduction to the debates, issues and concerns of the field. Structured in eleven sections, The television genre book introduces the concept of 'genre' itself and how it has been understood in television studies, and then addresses the main televisual genres in turn: drama, soap opera, comedy, news, documentary, reality television, children's television, animation and popular entertainment." -- Back cover.
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Table of Contents
Introduction: what is genre?
Genre theory / Glen Creeber
Studying genre / Steve Neale
Television and genre / Steve Neale
Genre development: Henri Focillon's Four stages of evolution / Terry Bailey
The uses and limitations of genre / Graeme Turner
Genre, hybridity and mutation / Graeme Turner
Life on Mars: genre hybridity with a twist / Robin Nelson
Genre and format / Glen Creeber
Genre study: beyond the text / Jason Mittell
Lost / Jason Mittell
Studying television drama / Robin Nelson
The crime series / Mareike Jenner
The Sopranos / Glen Creeber
The detective series / Mareike Jenner
Dexter / Mareike Jenner
Sherlock / Mareike Jenner and Lisa Richards
The police procedural / Lez Cooke
CSI / Glen Creeber
The wire / Mareike Jenner
The action series / Toby Miller
24 / Glen Creeber
Homeland / Lisa Richards
The western / William Boddy
Deadwood / Glen Creeber
Teen drama / Rachel Moseley
Glee/skins / Rachel Moseley
Hospital drama / Jason Jacobs
Grey's anatomy / Mareike Jenner
House, M.D. / Mareike Jenner
Drama-documentary / John Corner
Cathy come home/The day after / John Corner
Costume drama / Robin Nelson
Jane Austin adaptations / Robin Nelson
Downton Abbey / Glen Creeber
Telefantasy / Catherine Johnson
Buffy the vampire slayer / Catherine Johnson
Game of thrones / Helen Wheatley
Science fiction / Luke Hockley
Star Trek / Luke Hockley
The x-files / Catherine Johnson
Doctor Who / Matt Hills
Postmodern drama / Adrian Page
Twin Peaks / Adrian Page
Ally McBeal / Robin Nelson
Heroes / Glen Creeber
Studying soap opera / Anna McCarthy
Dallas / Glen Creeber
Realism and soap opera / Anna McCarthy
Soul city / Anna McCarthy
EastEnders / Glen Creeber
Soap operas and their audiences / John Tulloch
A country practice / John Tulloch
The telenovela / Thomas Tufte
Brazillian telenovelas / Thomas Tufte
Studying comedy / Brett Mills
Humour theory / Brett Mills
Comedy and 'child-directed speech' / Ian Wilkie
The sketch show / Steve Neale
Monty Python's flying circus / Steve Neale
Stand-up comedy / Ian Wilkie
Situation comedy, part 1 / John Hartley
The unruly woman sitcom / Jane Feuer
Situation comedy, part 2 / Jane Feuer
Sex and the city / Glen Creeber
The 'gay' and 'queer' sitcom / Jane Feuer
Will and Grace / Jane Feuer
Contemporary sitcom: 'comedy vérité' / Brett Mills
The office/BrassEye / Brett Mills
The panel show / Brett Mills
QI / Brett Mills
Children's television as genre / Jason Mittell
Studying children's television / Máire Messenger Davies
Horrible histories / Lisa Richards
The child audience / Máire Messenger Davies
Pre-schoolers: a special audience / Máire Messenger Davies
Sesame Street / Glen Creeber
Moral panics / Paul Wells
Teletubbies / Paul Wells
Children and advertising / Merris Griffiths
Studying television news / Justin Lewis
"The propaganda model of news': Herman and Chomsky / Justin Lewis
The Glasgow Media Group / Jackie Harrison
Analysing television news / Justin Lewis
How to analyse a tv news programme / John Hartley
Constructing news values / Jackie Harrison
Gatekeeper studies / Jackie Harrison
Objectivity and television news / Jackie Harrison
The aesthetics of twenty-four-hour news / Glen Creeber
The BBC and impartiality / Jackie Harrison
The globalisation of television news / John Hartley
Cable news network (CNN) / John Hartley
Citizen journalism / Jackie Harrison
Al-Jazeera / Jackie Harrison
Studying documentary / John Corner
Big fat gypsy weddings / Glen Creeber
Form and content in documentary study / John Corner
Documentary realism / John Corner
Observational ('fly-on-the-wall') documentary / Stella Bruzzi
New reflexive documentary: 'The Broomfield film' / Stella Bruzzi
Educational programming / K. J. Donnelly
Discovery Channel and Walking with dinosaurs / K. J. Donnelly
Natural history programming / Brett Mills
Planet earth / Brett Mills
The travelogue / Glen Creeber
Introduction / Jon Dovey
Big Brother / Jon Dovey
Studying reality tv / Annette Hill
Audiences and reality tv / Annette Hill
Docusoaps / Stella Bruzzi
The Osbournes / Glen Creeber
Reality talent shows
Strictly come dancing / Annette Hill
Constructed reality shows / Glen Creeber
The only way is Essex / Glen Creeber
Makeover shows / Annette Hill
Supernanny / Annette Hill
The great British bake off / Lisa Richards
Studying animation / Paul Wells
TV animation: a brief overview / Paul Wells
TV anime and Japanese aesthetics / Paul Wells
Children's cartoons / Paul Wells
Cartoon controversies / Paul Wells
Adult animation / K. J. Donnelly
Adult swim / Paul Wells
The Simpsons and South Park / K. J. Donnelly
The populist debate / Toby Miller
The quiz show / William Boddy
Who wants to be a millionaire? / William Boddy
The celebrity talk show / Jane Shattuc
The tonight show / Jane Shattuc
The confessional talk show / Jane Shattuc
The Oprah Winfrey show / Jane Shattuc
Sport / Rod Brookes / The super bowl / Rod Brookes
Music on television / K. J. Donnelly
Music television (MTV) / K. J. Donnelly
Ordinary television / Frances Bonner
Daytime TV / John Hartley
Advertising / Daniel Chandler
The Levi's 501 'launderette' commercial / Daniel Chandler
QVC / Glen Creeber
Conclusion: genre and video on demand / Mareike Jenner.
Edition Notes
Previous edition: Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.
"This third edition is illustrated throughout with case studies of classic and contemporary programming from each genre, ranging from The Simpsons to Buffy the vampire slayer and from Monty Python's flying circus to Who wants to be a millionaire?. It also features new case studies on contemporary shows, including The only way is Essex, Homeland, Game of thrones, Downton Abbey, Planet earth, Grey's anatomy and QVC, and new chapters covering topics such as constructed reality, travelogues, telefantasy, stand-up comedy, the panel show, 24-hour news, Netflix and video on demand." -- Back cover.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-234) and index.
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