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In the last quarter century, televised court proceedings have gone from an outlandish idea to a seemingly inevitable rea

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TV Or Not TV: Television, Justice, and the Courts
0814731317, 9780814731314

A collection of eight essays that parse out the seemingly unprecedented rise of reality television The Apprentice. Proj

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Flip through the channels at any hour of the day or night, and a television talk show is almost certainly on. Whether it

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The police drama has been one of the longest running and most popular genres in American television. In TV Cops, Jonatha

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We watch TV on computers, phones, and other mobile devices; television is now online as much as it is "on air."

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Over the past two decades, new technologies, changing viewer practices, and the proliferation of genres and channels has

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In his seminal book "Television's Second Golden Age", Robert Thompson described quality TV as 'best

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Since the beginning of network television, many shows have been preceded by an announcement or theme song that served va

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Considers the social life of cars as represented on TV Provides an original thematic approach to television studies, exp

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A critical reassessment of television and television studies in the age of new media.

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Television is changing almost beyond recognition. In the battle for consumers, social media sites, smart phones and tabl

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