| State of Play: Contemporary 'High-End' TV Drama Contributor(s): Nelson, Robin (Author) |
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ISBN: 0719073103 ISBN-13: 9780719073106 Publisher: Manchester University Press OUR PRICE: $114.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2007 Annotation: Robin Nelson's "State of Play" updates and develops the arguments of his influential TV drama "In Transition" (1997). It is equally distinctive in setting analysis of the aesethetics and compositional principles of texts within a broad conceptual framework (technologies, institutions, economics, cultural trends). Tracing "the great value shift from conduit to content" (Todreas, 1999), Nelson is relatively optimistic about the future quality of TV drama in a global market-place. But, characteristically taking up questions of worth where others have avoided them, Nelson recognizes that certain types of "quality" are privileged for viewers able to pay, possibly at the expense of viewer preference worldwide for "local" resonances in television. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Television - History & Criticism - Social Science | Popular Culture |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.35" W x 9.39" (1.06 lbs) 232 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Robin Nelson's State of play updates and develops the arguments of his influential TV Drama In Transition (1997). It is equally distinctive in setting analusis of the aesethetics and compositional principles of texts within a broad conceptual framework (technologies, institutions, economics, cultural trends). Tracing "the great value shift from conduit to content" (Todreas, 1999), Nelson is relatively optimistic about the future quality of TV Drama in a global market-place. But, characteristically taking up questions of worth where others have avoided them, Nelson recognizes that certain types of "quality" are privileged for viewers able to pay, possibly at the expense of viewer preference worldwide for "local" resonances in television. The mix of arts and cultural studies methodologies makes for an unusual and insightful approach. |