The Entertainment functions of television

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The Entertainment functions of television

sponsored by the Social Science Research Council ; edited by Percy H. Tannenbaum

L. Erlbaum Associates, 1980

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Summary: Papers based on a conference organized by the Committee on Television and Social Behavior of the Social Science Research Council

Includes bibliographies and indexes

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First published in 1980. This volume is an indirect product of the activities of the Committee on Television and Social Behavior of the Social Science Research Council (SSRC). This is a collection of essays looking at the entertainment function of television in the United States.

Table of Contents

  • Chapter 1 An Unstructured Introduction to an Amorphous Area, Percy H. Tannenbaum
  • Chapter 2 Entertainment as a Sociological Enterprise, Harold Mendelsohn, H. T. Spetnagel
  • Chapter 3 The Power and Limitations of Television: A Cognitive-Affective Analysis, Jerome L. Singer
  • Chapter 4 The Audience as Critic: A Conceptual Analysis of Television Entertainment, Hilde T. Himmelweit, Betty Swift, Marianne E. Jaeger
  • Chapter 5 Entertainment as Vicarious Emotional Experience, Percy H. Tannenbaum
  • Chapter 6 Anatomy of Suspense, Dolf Zillmann
  • Chapter 7 Humor and Catharsis: The Effect of Comedy on Audiences, Thomas J. Scheff, Stephen C. Scheeie
  • Chapter 8 Toward the Integration of Entertainment and Educational Functions of Television: The Role of Humor, Paul E. McGhee
  • Chapter 9 Television News as Entertainment, Leo Bogart

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