{"product_id":"television-truths-isbn-9781405169790","title":"Television Truths","description":"\u003ci\u003eTelevision Truths\u003c\/i\u003e considers what we know about TV, whether we love it or hate it, where TV is going, and whether viewers should bother going along for the ride. This engaging volume, written by one of television's best known scholars, offers a new take on the history of television and an up-to-date analysis of its imaginative content and cultural uses. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli style=\"list-style: none\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores the pervasive, persuasive, and powerful nature of television: among the most criticized phenomena of modern life, but still the most popular pastime ever\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWritten by John Hartley, one of television’s best known scholars\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eConsiders how television reflects and shapes contemporary life across the economic, political, social and cultural spectrum, examining its influence from historical, political and aesthetic perspectives\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProbes the nature of, and future for, television at a time of unprecedented change in technologies and business plans\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides an up-to-date analysis of content and cultural uses, from the television live event, to its global political influence, through to the concept of the “TV citizen”\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMaps out a new paradigm for understanding television, for its research and scholarship, and for the very future of the medium itself\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e  List of Figures. \u003cp\u003eList of Tables.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Television Truths (Argumentation of TV).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Is TV True? (Epistemology of TV):\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. The Value Chain of Meaning.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Public Address Systems: Time, Space, and Frequency.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Television and Globalization.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: Is TV a Polity? (Ethics\/Politics of TV):.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Television, Nation, and Indigenous Media.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. A Television Republic?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Reality and the Plebiscite.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: Is TV Beautiful? (Aesthetics of TV):\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. From a “Wandering Booby” to a Field of Cows: The Television Live Event.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Shakespeare, Big Brother, and the Taming of the Self.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. Sync or Swim? Plebiscitary Sport and Synchronized Voting.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV: What Can TV Be? (Metaphysics of TV):.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. “Laughs and Legends” or the Furniture that Glows? Television as History.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. Television in Knowledge Paradigms.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e “The author describes this broad survey as ‘a sustained reflection on the tensions produced by the problem of knowledge in and about television.’ Hartley argues that television's history and historiography have not been well done thus far. The book as a whole offers something of a philosophy of television. Recommended.” (\u003ci\u003eChoice Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, December 2008)  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Hartley\u003c\/b\u003e is a Distinguished Professor at Queensland University of Technology and Adjunct Professor of the Australian National University. Hartley is the author of 15 books, including \u003ci\u003eCreative Industries, A Short History of Cultural Studies, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eCommunication, Cultural and Media Studies. \u003c\/i\u003eHe is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTelevision. Love it or hate it, watching it is still the most popular pastime ever. It reflects and shapes our knowledge of contemporary life across the economic, political, social, and cultural spectrum, and yet TV is still among the most criticized phenomena of modern life. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis engaging book, written by one of television’s best-known experts, invites us to explore television’s most controversial coverag and fascinating aspects: TV citizenship, live TV, “plebiscitary” shows reality TV, synchronized sports, and TV’s own history. At a time of unprecedented change in technologies and business plans, Hartley explores television’s evolving place and transforming role in our knowledge-based society.   “Grand in scope, bold, witty, and engaging, \u003ci\u003eTelevision Truths\u003c\/i\u003e fashions a provocative new philosophy for the study and appreciation of both TV and a TV polity.”\u003cbr\u003e –\u003ci\u003eJonathan Gray, author of\u003c\/i\u003e Watching with The Simpsons: Television, Parody, and Intertextuality\u003ci\u003e, co-editor of\u003c\/i\u003e Fandom: Identities and Communities in a Mediated World  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“As always, John Hartley’s provocative arguments and examples push against the boundaries and restrictions of conventional approaches. His focus on the multiple contexts of television adds greatly to our store of key questions about ‘television.’”\u003cbr\u003e –\u003ci\u003eHorace Newcomb, Director, George Foster Peabody Awards, The University of Georgia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990142763237,"sku":"NP9781405169790","price":33.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781405169790.jpg?v=1761786666","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/television-truths-isbn-9781405169790","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}