Making Sense of Television

The Psychology of Audience Interpretation

Sonia Livingstone (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

224 Seiten

2017 | 2nd edition
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-46269-4 (ISBN)

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Taking the soap opera as a case study this book explores the way people engage with television. This new edition takes into account recent research work, theoretical developments and looks forward to the development of audience research.

Taking the soap opera as a case study, this book explores the 'parasocial interaction' people engage in with television programmes. It looks at the nature of the 'active viewer' and the role of the text in social psychology. It also investigates the existing theoretical models offered by social psychology and other discourses.This second edition takes into account recent research work and theoretical developments in fields such as narrative psychology, social representation theory and ethnographic work on audiences, and look forward to the developing role of audience research. It will be an essential study for students and lecturers in social psychology and media studies.

Livingstone, Sonia

Chapter 1 The Social Psychology of the Television Viewer; Chapter 2 The Active Viewer; Chapter 3 The Case of the Soap Opera; Chapter 4 The Role of the Text in Social Psychology; Chapter 5 The Resourceful Viewer; Chapter 6 Viewers’ Representations of Television Characters; Chapter 7 Divergent Interpretations of Television Soap Opera; Chapter 8 Audiences and Interpretations;

Erscheinungsdatum	07.10.2017
Reihe/Serie	International Series in Social Psychology
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	444 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Allgemeine Psychologie
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Sozialpsychologie
ISBN-10	1-138-46269-1 / 1138462691
ISBN-13	978-1-138-46269-4 / 9781138462694
Zustand	Neuware