On Sat, 23 Mar 91 09:58:50 EST Mark Pollock said:
>I'm a new subscriber with what may be a naive or overly general
>question, but with a question nonetheless.  I'm working on a project on
>philosophy, political rhetoric, and television; my background is OK in
>the first, good in the second, and very out-dated in the last.
 
Mark,
 
As a catch-up book, I'd suggest CHANNELS OF DISCOURSE, ed. by Robert C.
Allen (U North Carolina Press).  It approaches television from a variety
of contemporary perspectives (but not traditional social science):
semiotics, discourse theory, ideological criticism, and so on.  Some
of the authors include John Fiske, Mimi White, Ellen Seiter, Sandy
Flitterman-Lewis.
 
It's an excellent anthology and is currently in preparation for a
revised, second edition--which is still at the editorial stage, probably
won't be out (the second edition, that is) for a year or so.
 
Has anyone had a chance to review the new Longman anthology of
essays on television--the omnibus one on TV crit (I don't have it
in front of me and haven't got the title down)?  Any thoughts on it?
 
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