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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... usually the case, and we found little evidence of the polarised gender preferences (men liking realism, women loving romance) which Morley also describes. Although Morley goes to some lengths to emphasise that he does not consider his ...
... usually the case, and we found little evidence of the polarised gender preferences (men liking realism, women loving romance) which Morley also describes. Although Morley goes to some lengths to emphasise that he does not consider his ...
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... usually very busy for most diarists, and if they do watch TV, it is only for brief periods, or used as background noise whilst other chores are done. In general, 61 per cent of respondents claimed that they did not organise their ...
... usually very busy for most diarists, and if they do watch TV, it is only for brief periods, or used as background noise whilst other chores are done. In general, 61 per cent of respondents claimed that they did not organise their ...
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... 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 argument ...
... 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 argument ...
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... 6.30 pm My sister and I go off into our bedrooms. 7.00 pm Dad arrives home and eats his tea. 9.00 pm We watch the news. 9.30 pm My sister, and usually Mum and Dad go to bed. 10.30 pm I go to bed. (14-year-old schoolboy) In this.
... 6.30 pm My sister and I go off into our bedrooms. 7.00 pm Dad arrives home and eats his tea. 9.00 pm We watch the news. 9.30 pm My sister, and usually Mum and Dad go to bed. 10.30 pm I go to bed. (14-year-old schoolboy) In this.
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... usually on while housework and other things are done; and attention is paid to interesting items. Neighbours and Home and Away are watched by her on their first showing of the day [lunchtime]. Country Practice is videoed for her and I ...
... usually on while housework and other things are done; and attention is paid to interesting items. Neighbours and Home and Away are watched by her on their first showing of the day [lunchtime]. Country Practice is videoed for her and I ...
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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