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Social issues in television fiction

Title
Social issues in television fiction / Lesley Henderson.
Author
Henderson, Lesley.
Publication
Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2007.

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Description
vi, 200 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Subject
  • Television plays > Themes, motives
  • Television viewers > Attitudes
  • Television > Social aspects
  • Social problems in mass media
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Pt. 1. Mapping the field. Television fiction in context: education and entertainment -- pt. 2. Inside the industry. Making 'good' television: creative philosophies, professionalism and production values -- pt. 3. Struggles over television production. General introduction -- Family secrets: sexual violence -- A woman's disease: breast cancer -- Casting the outsiders: mental distress -- Social issues, production and genre -- pt. 4. Social issues and television audiences. Public understandings, sexual violence and safe spaces -- pt. 5. Television fiction and public knowledge. Conclusions -- Appendix: Focus group session participants.
ISBN
  • 9780748625314 (hbk.)
  • 0748625313 (hbk.)
  • 0748625321 (pbk.)
  • 9780748625321 (pbk.)
OCLC
  • ocm84996986
  • 84996986
  • SCSB-5362597
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries