Media Audiences: Television, Meaning and Emotion

by Kristyn Gorton

An engaging and original study of current research on television audiences and the concept of emotion, this book offers a unique approach to key issues within television studies. Topics discussed include: television branding; emotional qualities in television texts; audience reception models; fan cultures; 'quality' television; television aesthetics; reality television; individualism and its links to television consumption. The book is divided into...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 074862418X
• ISBN13: 9780748624188
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.3" x 8.4"