2nd Edition

Channels of Discourse, Reassembled Television and Contemporary Criticism

Edited By Robert C. Allen Copyright 1993
    428 Pages
    by Routledge

    432 Pages
    by Routledge

    Channels of Discourse fills a significant gap in the critical literature on television. The eight distinguished scholars whose essays make up the collection consider commercial televisionin relation to the major strands of contemporary literary, cultural and cinematic criticism.

    Contributors:
    Robert C. Allen, James Collins, Jane Feuer, John Fiske, Sandy Flitterman-Lewis, James Hay, E. Ann Kaplan, Sarah Ruth Kozloff, Ellen Seiter and Mimi White.

    Biography

    Robert C. Allen

    `A remarkably cogent and comprehensive introduction to a wide range of methodologies of television analysis. Channels of Discourse goes far beyond what usually passes for `content analysis' and `television criticism'.' - Robert Stam, New York University