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Television and Common Knowledge Comedia Series Gripsrud, Jostein Taylor & Francis Routledge 9780203055731 9780203263952 English Television--Social aspects, Knowledge, Sociology of, Popular culture--History--20th century. 2002 PN1992.6.T379 2002eb 302.23/45 Television--Social aspects, Knowledge, Sociology of, Popular culture--History--20th century.
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Page i TELEVISION AND COMMON KNOWLEDGE In today’s world television is the primary source of ‘common knowledge’, the widely-shared pool of information and perspectives from which people create their understanding of self, world and citizenship. Democracy is based on the idea that every citizen is well informed and thus able to determine how they participate in political, social and cultural processes. How, and how well, does television contribute to a realization of this ideal? Television and Common Knowledge is a collection of new essays examining television as a vehicle for informed citizenship. First, the contributors examine how knowledge is produced and circulated within public spheres and across the social and cultural borderlines of modern society, then they investigate the broader social and cultural functions which television has for its audiences. Later chapters concentrate on specific tv genres such as news, documentary, political discussions and popular science programmes, considering the changing ways in which they attempt to inform and entertain, and how they are perceived by viewers. Drawing on a wide range of theoretical approaches, and covering topics as diverse as popular science programmes, the therapeutic functions of television and the joys of ‘zapping’ in a multi-channel environment, Television and Common Knowledge provides original insights into the social role of television as well as significant contributions to media theory. Contributors: Suzanne de Cheveigné, John Corner, Daniel Dayan, John Ellis, Jostein Gripsrud, Klaus Bruhn Jensen, Anders Johansen, Peter Larsen, Sonia Livingstone, David Morley, Graham Murdock, Roger Silverstone. Jostein Gripsrud is Professor of Media Studies at the University of Bergen, Norway.
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Ulf Hannerz VIDEO PLAYTIME The Gendering of a Leisure Technology Ann Gray
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Page iii TELEVISION AND COMMON KNOWLEDGE Edited by Jostein Gripsrud
London and New York
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