Social issues in television fiction

Social issues in television fiction /

Why are some controversial issues covered in TV soaps and dramas and not others? How are decisions really made 'behind the scenes'? How do programme makers push boundaries without losing viewers? What do audiences take away from their viewing experience? Does TV fiction have a greater impa...

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Main Author: Henderson, Lesley (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2007.
Subjects:
Television plays > Themes, motives.
Television viewers > Attitudes.
Television > Social aspects.
Social problems in mass media.
Television broadcasting > Social aspects.
Online Access: Full text (Emmanuel users only)
Table of Contents:
  • pt. 1. Mapping the field. Television fiction in context: education and entertainment
  • pt. 2. Inside the industry. Making 'good' television: creative philosophies, professionalism and production values
  • pt. 3. Struggles over television production. General introduction
  • Family secrets: sexual violence
  • A woman's disease: breast cancer
  • Casting the outsiders: mental distress
  • Social issues, production and genre
  • pt. 4. Social issues and television audiences. Public understandings, sexual violence and safe spaces
  • pt. 5. Television fiction and public knowledge. Conclusions
  • Appendix: Focus group session participants.

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