re: television studies texts. i'm sure you've recieved advice already, such as Horace Newcomb's "Television:the critical view" which is a common undergraduate text. There is also, of course, Jeremy Butler's "Television: Critical Methods and Applications" Might I also suggest: "The Television Studies Book" edited by Christine Geraghty and David Lusted (Arnold Press, 1998). As well as "Critical Ideas in Television Studies" by John Corner (Oxford, 1999). You may also want to be familiar with "Channels of Discourse, reassembled" edited by Robert Allen and "logics of Telvision" edited by Patricia Mellencamp. good luck shawn shimpach nyu cinema studies > I have been asked to teach a course about cinema and television. As I >am already teaching cinema studies, I know much more about film than tv, >but am surprised to see that despite hundreds of books about television, >there seems to be no textbook about television studies, or introduction to >television studies. I can quote 30 books about violence in television, but >I found none that can summarize the field of television studies. I would >appreciate a few hints, and to enlarge the scope, I accept suggestions for >books in English, French, or Spanish. > > Thank you > >---- >Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite >http://www.tcf.ua.edu/ScreenSite ---- To sign off Screen-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF Screen-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]