Producing Public Television, Producing Public Culture

by Barry Dornfeld

Book Overview

From 1989 to 1991, Barry Dornfeld had an unusual double role on the crew of the major PBS documentary series Childhood. As a researcher for the series, he investigated the relationship between children and media. As an anthropologist, however, his subject was the television production process itself--examining, for example, how producers developed the series, negotiated with their academic advisors, and shaped footage shot around the world...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691044678
• ISBN13: 9780691044675
• Release Date: July 1998
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"