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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... cent of diarists stayed with the study is a remarkable testament to the commitment of the BFI research team, who sent them birthday and Christmas cards every year, and wrote personally in response to major developments which appeared in ...
... cent of diarists stayed with the study is a remarkable testament to the commitment of the BFI research team, who sent them birthday and Christmas cards every year, and wrote personally in response to major developments which appeared in ...
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... cent of the sample female, and 47 per cent male. The respondents were fairly well educated; in 1995, 24 per cent had or were about to have a higher education degree, and a further 16 per cent had been in further education. Twenty-one per ...
... cent of the sample female, and 47 per cent male. The respondents were fairly well educated; in 1995, 24 per cent had or were about to have a higher education degree, and a further 16 per cent had been in further education. Twenty-one per ...
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... cent of respondents had one television in their household; 38 per cent had two TVs; 18 per cent had three TVs; 7 per cent had four; and 4 per cent had five TVs. In 1996, the figures remained similar. In 1991, 59 percent of the sample ...
... cent of respondents had one television in their household; 38 per cent had two TVs; 18 per cent had three TVs; 7 per cent had four; and 4 per cent had five TVs. In 1996, the figures remained similar. In 1991, 59 percent of the sample ...
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... cent of the time television was being viewed, people reported doing something else as well' (1990: 75), showing that television is part of the domestic space and is often incorporated into other household activities. However, despite ...
... cent of the time television was being viewed, people reported doing something else as well' (1990: 75), showing that television is part of the domestic space and is often incorporated into other household activities. However, despite ...
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... cent of respondents claimed that they did not organise their household chores to fit in with television programmes, compared to 25 percent who said that they occasionally did this, and only just over 10 per cent who said that they often ...
... cent of respondents claimed that they did not organise their household chores to fit in with television programmes, compared to 25 percent who said that they occasionally did this, and only just over 10 per cent who said that they often ...
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