Description
Canadian Television: Text and Context explores the creation and circulation of entertainment television in Canada from the interdisciplinary perspective of television studies. Each chapter connects arguments about particular texts of Canadian television to critical analysis of the wider cultural, social, and economic contexts in which they are created. The book surveys the commercial and technological imperatives of the Canadian television industry, the shifting role of the CBC as Canada's public broadcaster, the dynamics of Canada's multicultural and multiracial audiences, and the function of television's "star system." Foreword by The Globe and Mail's television critic, John Doyle.
Author: Marian Bredin
Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Published: 12/07/2011
Pages: 238
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.70d
ISBN13: 9781554583614
ISBN10: 1554583616
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Popular Culture
- Performing Arts | Television | History & Criticism
- Language Arts & Disciplines | Communication Studies
About the Author
Marian Bredin is an associate professor in the Department of Communication, Popular Culture and Film, and the MA Program in Popular Culture at Brock University.