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| Introduction |
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Part I Theoretical Overviews |
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The Development of Television Studies |
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15 | (14) |
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Critical Perspectives on Television from the Frankfurt School to Postmodernism |
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29 | (22) |
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Part II Television/History |
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51 | (16) |
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Our TV Heritage: Television, the Archive, and the Reasons for Preservation |
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67 | (36) |
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Part III Television/Aesthetics and Production |
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Television as a Moving Aesthetic: In Search of the Ultimate Aesthetic - The Self |
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103 | (23) |
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Locating the Televisual in Golden Age Television |
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126 | (16) |
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Television Production: Who Makes American TV? |
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142 | (15) |
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Part IV Television/The State and Policy |
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Who Rules TV? States, Markets, and the Public Interest |
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157 | (17) |
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Public Broadcasting and Democratic Culture: Consumers, Citizens, and Communards |
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174 | (25) |
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Culture, Services, Knowledge: Television between Policy Regimes |
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199 | (18) |
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Part V Television/Commerce |
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Television Advertising as Textual and Economic Systems |
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217 | (21) |
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Watching Television: A Political Economic Approach |
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238 | (18) |
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Keeping ``Abreast'' of MTV and Viacom: The Growing Power of a Media Conglomerate |
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256 | (14) |
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The Trade in Television News |
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270 | (21) |
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Part VI Television/Programming, Content, and Genre |
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Configurations of the New Television Landscape |
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291 | (17) |
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308 | (16) |
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The Shifting Terrain of American Talk Shows |
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324 | (13) |
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337 | (24) |
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``Where the Past Comes Alive'': Television, History, and Collective Memory |
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361 | (18) |
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``How Will You Make it on Your Own?'': Television and Feminism Since 1970 |
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379 | (16) |
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395 | (16) |
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Part VII Television/The Public and Audiences |
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Television, Public Spheres, and Civic Cultures |
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411 | (22) |
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Television and Public Opinion |
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433 | (16) |
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Reality TV: Performance, Authenticity, and Television Audiences |
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449 | (19) |
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A Special Audience? Children and Television |
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468 | (21) |
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Part VIII Television/Alternative Challenges |
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Local Community Channels: Alternatives to Corporate Media Dominance |
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489 | (14) |
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Part IX International Television/Case Studies |
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Latin American Commercial Television: ``Primitive Capitalism'' |
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503 | (18) |
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Television in China: History, Political Economy, and Ideology |
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521 | (19) |
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Japanese Television: Early Development and Research |
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540 | (18) |
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Change and Transformation in South African Television |
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558 | (22) |
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Television in the Arab East |
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580 | (22) |
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