Watching Television: Hermeneutics, Reception and Polular Culture

by Tony Wilson

Book Overview

In contemporary film and television studies, there is a growing concern with the nature of audiences and with the ways in which individuals make sense of the programmes they watch. This book offers an analysis of some of the issues raised by the reception of television programmes. Wilson uses concepts drawn from the philosophical traditions of hermeneutics and phenomenology - concepts such as horizon, identification and life-world - to explore...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0745616364
• ISBN13: 9780745616360
• Release Date: August 1995
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"