television, meaning and emotion Gorton, Kristyn creator text bibliography stk Edinburgh Edinburgh University Press 2009 monographic eng

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176 p. Introduction : why study television? -- Pt. 1. Theoretical background -- 'Desperately seeking the audience' : models of audience reception -- Personal meanings, fandom and sitting too close to the television -- Global meanings and trans-cultural understandings of Dallas -- Theorising emotion and affect : feminist engagements -- Theorising emotion in film and television -- Pt. 2. Case studies -- A sentimental journey : writing emotion in television -- 'There's no place like home" : emotional exposure, excess and empathy on TV -- Emotional rescue : The Sopranos (HBO 1999-2007, ER (NBC 1994-) and State of play (BBC1 2003) -- Feminising television : the mother role in Six feet under (HBO 2001-6) and Brothers & sisters (ABC 2006-) -- Researching emotion in television : a small-scale case study of emotion in the UK/Irish sop industry. HKBU library Kristyn Gorton. YT2025 M08 Mass media Audiences Television viewers Psychology Emotions Sociological aspects Mass media Audiences Television viewers Psychology Emotions Sociological aspects P96 G675 M 2009 9780748624188 SDU 110818