Genre and Television(English, Paperback, Mittell Jason)

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Genre and Television(English, Paperback, Mittell Jason) is written by Mittell Jason and published by Taylor & Francis Ltd. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0415969034 (ISBN 10) and 9780415969031 (ISBN 13).

Genre and Television proposes a new understanding of television genres as cultural categories, offering a set of in-depth historical and critical examinations to explore five key aspects of television genre: history, industry, audience, text, and genre mixing. Drawing on well-known television programs from Dragnet to TheSimpsons, this book provides a new model of genre historiography and illustrates how genres are at work within nearly every facet of television-from policy decisions to production techniques to audience practices. Ultimately, the book argues that through analyzing how television genre operates as a cultural practice, we can better comprehend how television actively shapes our social world.