How television sees its audience : a look at the looking glass
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How television sees its audience : a look at the looking glass
Sage Publications, 1987
- : pbk
Available at 12 libraries
Note
Bibliography: p. 110-112
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Do news bulletins, soap operas, dramas and documentaries accurately portray the world in which we live? What does television tell us about ourselves and our society? Do sitcoms, for example, merely reflect the national incidence of divorce, crime and unemployment or do they aim to effect social change by presenting positive role models for women, ethnic minorities and the unemployed? Do they show us, by example, how we can live better?
In How Television Sees Its Audience , Berman addresses these important questions. His fascinating analysis of programme output details the way in which television mirrors -- or attempts to mirror -- our lives, our customs and our aspirations.
Table of Contents
Night and Day, You Are the One
An Introduction
Sitcom
Local News
Talk Shows
National News
Soaps Day and Night
Police Stories
Specials
The Mirror of Narcissus
by "Nielsen BookData"