 We've updated and expanded what has been called the "best textbook on television." Based on comments and requests from television-studies educators we have revised Television for its third edition, published in September 2006.
New and improved features:
- Doubles the size of the chapter surveying critical methods applied to television. Acknowledging television studies' blossoming during the past ten years, we have endeavored to introduce the student to the major critical methods applied to TV:
- Auteur theory
- Genre study
- Semiotics
- Ideological analysis
- Political economy
- Feminism and queer theory
- Racial and ethic studies
- This chapter, on its own, would provide a useful overview for courses on TV critical methods. You may preview the final proof of it online in PDF format:
- Incorporates "reality" television into the non-narrative chapter--which, overall, was expanded 40%. Just as the previous edition was going to press, reality TV exploded onto the scene as a major form of television discourse. We here recognize its significance and dissect its meanings.
- Covers the evolution of animation since 1990. The author of Tunes for 'Toons, Daniel Goldmark, joined our team to refresh and enlarge the animation chapter.
- Improves the quality of the frame grabs. Virtually all the frame grabs were recaptured using new software/hardware.
- Refers directly to the instructor's DVD. After publishing the last edition, we released a companion DVD to instructors, at no charge. This edition makes more specific use of the examples on that DVD.
- Updates the companion Website: TVCrit.com . As you can see here, TVCrit.com has gotten a face lift and all the new illustrations have been incorporated. The site TV-studies syllabi, sample student papers, a tutorial on grabbing frames from video, and more.
Ordering Information
Jeremy G. Butler, Television: Critical Methods and Applications, 3rd Edition (Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, September 2007). ISBN: 0-8058-5415-0 Price: $55.00.
Examination copies are available to instructors. Please visit the Erlbaum Website for details:
http://snipurl.com/TVCMApub
For further information, please email info [at] tvcrit.com .
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Last Updated ( Friday, 29 September 2006 )
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