Making sense of television : the psychology of audience interpretation

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Making sense of television : the psychology of audience interpretation

Sonia M. Livingstone

(International series in social psychology)

Butterworth-Heinemann, 1995

  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-209) and indexes

"Second edition"--back cover

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This text looks at how viewers interpret the programmes that they see. A critical review of relevant literature in psychology, communications and literary criticism is followed by an analysis which seeks to integrate this research, to provide a new perspective on the audience's interpretations.

Table of Contents

  • The social psychology of the television viewer
  • the active viewer
  • the role of the text in social psychology
  • the resourceful reader
  • viewers' representations of television characters
  • representation and mediation
  • divergent interpretations of television drama
  • audiences and interpretations.

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