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Hardcover | 15 November 2000

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This original and engaging book investigates American television viewing habits as a distinct cultural form. Based on an empirical study of the day-to-day use of television by working people, it develops a unique theoretical approach integrating cultural sociology, post modernism and the literature of media effects to explore the way in which people give meaning to their viewing practices. While recognising the power of television, it also emphasises the importance of the social and political factors which affect the lives of individual viewers, showing how the interaction between the two can result in a disengagement with corporately produced culture at the same time as an appropriation of the images themselves into people's lives.

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"...a must-read for anyone interested in issues of media, culture, and society, including the fields of sociology, anthropology, media and communication studies, American studies, cultural studies, journalism, and media education. The text is suitable for graduate and advanced undergraduate courses and should be required for any projects examining different approaches to media influence, audience interpretation, and contemporary culture." Journal of Communication "Lembo artfully and skillfully makes his case... His findings affirm just how complicated television viewing actually is, and how nuanced analysts should be when studying it." Denise D. Bielby, Contemporary Sociology

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Non-Fiction Engineering & Technology Electronics & Communications Engineering Communications Engineering & Telecommunications Television Technology Arts & Entertainment Film, TV & Radio Television Society & Culture Cultural Studies Popular Culture Media Studies

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Published: 15th November 2000

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Introduction
Conceptions of Television Use
Social theory
Social science
Cultural studies
Reconceptualising Television Use
Sociality and the problem of the subject
Components of a viewing culture
Documenting the Viewing Culture
Methodology and the turn to television
The practice of viewing
A typology of use
Conclusion: the politics of television reconsidered
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