A Companion to Television

<i>A Companion to Television</i> is a magisterial collection of 31 original essays that charter the field of television studies over the past century <ul> <li>Explores a diverse range of topics and theories that have led to television’s current incarnation, and predict its likely future</li> <li>Covers technology and aesthetics, television’s relationship to the state, televisual commerce; texts, representation, genre, internationalism, and audience reception and effects</li> <li>Essays are by an international group of first-rate scholars</li> </ul> <p>For information, news, and content from Blackwell’s reference publishing program please visit www.blackwellpublishing.com/reference/</p>