Television; Audiences and Cultural Studies presents a multi-faceted exploration of audience research; in which David Morley draws on a rich body of empirical work to examine the emergence; development and future of television audience research. In addition to providing an introductory overview from a cultural studies perspective; David Morley questions how class and cultural differences can affect how we interpret television; the significance of gender in the dynamics of domestic media consumption; how the media construct the `national family; and how small-scale ethnographic studies can help us to understand the global-local dynamics of postmodern media systems.Morleys work reconceptualises the study of `ideology within the broader context of domestic communications; illuminating the role of the media in articulating public and private spheres of experience and in the social organisation of space; time and community.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. The writer seems very intelligent and very knowledgeableBy jdmcoxThe writer seems very intelligent and very knowledgeable; and hes a good writer. But I had to give up reading the book because my bs meter kept going in the red; and the ratio of bs to interesting; good to know information; was too high. I have to admit that hes made me try harder to appreciate modern music (12-tone as opposed to mainly diatonic; and a higher level of dissonance in music). Im getting there. I should also admit that Ive been reading kind of a lot of science; which does not allow for any bs. Plus I simply disagree with his view on some composers and their music.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Overwhelming!By JorgeThis scholarly work almost leaves the reader breathless with its vast observations of the political; artistic; imaginative; and competitive forces at play in the lives of the Twentieth Century musical composers who were attempting to advance the art form and create new and interesting pieces of music.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Cacophony in ContextBy Peter HolmA fascinating and well-written guide to what on earth these guys thought they were doing. Cries out for interactivity; if only you could hear excerpts as they were described. Ross ability to put his subjective experiences of these musics into words gives an inkling; to those of us who like tunes; what else might be listened for when tunes are banished.