Description
First published in 1974, this classic study of TV was ahead of its time, introducing ideas about the medium that we now take for granted
Raymond Williams is often described as the founder of cultural studies, and this book is regarded by many as the founding text of TV studies
In the current age of reality TV, Williams' insights into the danger of TV inundating our lives and an increasingly relentless barrage of images clogging up the airwaves seem remarkably prescient
With a new introduction by Roger Silverstone, Professor of Media and Communications at the LSE
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 The Technology and the Society, Raymond Williams, Ederyn Williams, Roger Silverstone; Chapter 2 Institutions of the Technology, Raymond Williams, Ederyn Williams, Roger Silverstone; Chapter 3 The Forms of Television, Raymond Williams, Ederyn Williams, Roger Silverstone; Chapter 4 Programming: Distribution and Flow, Raymond Williams, Ederyn Williams, Roger Silverstone; Chapter 5 Effects of the Technology and its Uses, Raymond Williams, Ederyn Williams, Roger Silverstone; Chapter 6 Alternative Technology, Alternative Uses?, Raymond Williams, Ederyn Williams, Roger Silverstone;



