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? ---------- Years it would take Jim Bakker to earn enough to pay his federal fine at his current job cleaning prison toilets: 2,331. ---------- | | Bitnet : JBUTLER@UA1VM | | Jeremy G. Butler - - - - - - - - - - | Internet : [log in to unmask] | | | GEnie : J.BUTLER27 | | | | Telecommunication & Film Dept * The University of Alabama * Tuscaloosa |