Dear All,
I’ve just published TV FAQ a book that answers all those annoying
questions about TV that we get asked all the time. TV FAQ also works with
some relatively new concepts: consolatory entertainment; forensic viewing;
currency; new-screen entertainment…
TV FAQ (I.B.Tauris 2007) costs less than a DVD: £12.99 full price or just
£8.57 from Amazon.
Among the 46 questions are:
Does TV ‘dumb us down’?; Can we trust anything we see on TV?
What’s the point of Jade Goody?; Does too much horror stop people caring?
What is a ‘precinct drama’?; Does news make us anxious?
Why are sitcoms not as good as they used to be? Who pays for TV?
Why are there so many repeats?; Is any TV actually live any more?;
Why does old TV look so weird? Why aren’t there any ads on the BBC?;
Will downloading replace broadcasting?; How can I get a job in TV?
And for those who heard Toby Miller at the MeCCSA conference, question 45
is: "Is TV bad for the environment?"
John Ellis
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