TV Living: Television, Culture and Everyday LifeTV Living presents the findings of the BFI Audience Tracking Study in which 500 participants completed detailed questionnaire-diaries on their lives, their television watching, and the relationship between the two over a five year period. Gauntlett and Hill use this extensive data to explore some of the most fundamental questions in media and cultural studies, focusing on issues of gender, identity, the impact of new technologies, and life changes. Opening up new areas of debate, the study sheds new light on audiences and their responses to issues such as sex and violence on television. A unique study of contemporary tv audience behaviour and attitudes, TV Living offers a fascinating insight into the complex relationship between mass media and people's lives today. |
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... thing, and to always find a way through the maze. I would also like to thank my colleagues at CCIS for their advice and encouragement in the final stages of this research. Annette extends special love and thanks to Don Butler, who cooks ...
... thing, and to always find a way through the maze. I would also like to thank my colleagues at CCIS for their advice and encouragement in the final stages of this research. Annette extends special love and thanks to Don Butler, who cooks ...
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... things we have acquired because of some TV series. At the age of 10 one of our favourite publications was the BBC book Points of View — based on the long-running show which airs viewers' letters about BBC programmes — published in 1981 ...
... things we have acquired because of some TV series. At the age of 10 one of our favourite publications was the BBC book Points of View — based on the long-running show which airs viewers' letters about BBC programmes — published in 1981 ...
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... things which people have said by referring to their demographic characteristics or background. This is certainly the case with regard to their occupation and geographical location; we realised at an early stage that talking about ...
... things which people have said by referring to their demographic characteristics or background. This is certainly the case with regard to their occupation and geographical location; we realised at an early stage that talking about ...
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... things. My sister has gone off to work and my brother off to school. Television is not so important in the mornings as we never have the time we would like to watch and enjoy it. (21-year-old female learning support assistant) Breakfast ...
... things. My sister has gone off to work and my brother off to school. Television is not so important in the mornings as we never have the time we would like to watch and enjoy it. (21-year-old female learning support assistant) Breakfast ...
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... thing I usually do when I get in from work is switch on the TV, this means I catch some of the 6 O'clock News. Tonight I was home in time to catch all of it. One of the presenters was Anna Ford, my brother and I have got this on-going ...
... thing I usually do when I get in from work is switch on the TV, this means I catch some of the 6 O'clock News. Tonight I was home in time to catch all of it. One of the presenters was Anna Ford, my brother and I have got this on-going ...
Contents
News consumption and everyday life | |
Transitions and change | |
Companionship guilt and social interaction | |
Video and technology in the home | |
The retired and elderly audiences | |
Gender and Television | |
Catering for men with sport and sex? | |
Gender issues in the household | |
Television violence and other controversies | |
Perceptions of violence | |
Bad language sex and nudity and issues of taste | |
Studying violence and taste | |
Conclusions | |
Further methodological details | |
What do men and women actually watch? | |
Should we still classify soap operas as womens Programmes? | |
Index | |
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