| Making Sense of Television: The Psychology of Audience Interpretation Contributor(s): Livingstone, Sonia (Author) |
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ISBN: 041518536X ISBN-13: 9780415185363 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $56.04 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 1998 Annotation: Taking the soap opera as a case study, this book explores the "parasocial interaction" people engage in with television programs. It looks at the nature of the "active viewer" and the role of the text in social psychology. It also investigates the existing theoretical models offered by social psychology and other discourses. This second edition takes into account recent research work and theoretical developments in fields such as narrative psychology, social representation theory and ethnographic work on audiences, and looks at the developing role of audience research. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Social Psychology - Performing Arts | Television - General - Medical | Psychiatry - General |
| Dewey: 384.55 |
| LCCN: 97051630 |
| Series: International Series in Social Psychology |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 5.94" W x 8.94" (0.79 lbs) 224 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Taking the soap opera as a case study, this book explores the 'parasocial interaction' people engage in with television programmes. It looks at the nature of the 'active viewer' and the role of the text in social psychology. It also investigates the existing theoretical models offered by social psychology and other discourses. |
