----- Original Message ----- From: Germain Lacasse <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Friday, December 03, 1999 9:05 AM Subject: course on television 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 Two new books on television that I would recommend for upper level undergrad or graduate students are: Critical Ideas in Television Studies, by John Corner, 1999, Oxford. Uses of Television, by John Hartley, 1999, Routledge. ****************************************** Barry Dornfeld Director & Associate Professor/Communication University of the Arts 320 S. Broad Street Philadelphia, PA 19102 215-717-6470 215-717-6467 (fax) [log in to unmask] ---- Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite http://www.tcf.ua.edu/ScreenSite