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Battlestar Galactica: Investigating Flesh, Spirit, and Steel (Investigating Cult TV)

Battlestar Galactica: Investigating Flesh, Spirit, and Steel (Investigating Cult TV)


Roz Kaveney, Jennifer Stoy



About the Author Roz Kaveney is editor of Reading the Vampire Slayer and author of books Superheroes! (2008), Teen Dreams (...
Dancing in the Distraction Factory: Music Television and Popular Culture

Dancing in the Distraction Factory: Music Television and Popular Culture


Andrew Goodwin



Dancing in the Distraction Factory: Music Television and Popular Culture...
The Star Trek Encyclopedia: Updated and Expanded Edition (Star Trek: All)

The Star Trek Encyclopedia: Updated and Expanded Edition (Star Trek: All)


Debbie Mirek, Denise Okuda, Michael Okuda



Amazon.com Review This new version of the Star Trek Encyclopedia is a reissue of the 1997 edition, plus a 128-page supple...
Icons of talk: the media mouths that changed America

Icons of talk: the media mouths that changed America


Donna L. Halper



Book Description Icons of Talk highlights the most groundbreaking exemplars of the talk show genre, a genre that has had a ...
Doctor Who Short Trips: A Christmas Treasury (Big Finish Short Trips)

Doctor Who Short Trips: A Christmas Treasury (Big Finish Short Trips)


Paul Cornell



Doctor Who Short Trips: A Christmas Treasury (Big Finish Short Trips)...
Doctor Who Short Trips: Past Tense (Big Finish Short Trips)

Doctor Who Short Trips: Past Tense (Big Finish Short Trips)


Ian Farrington



Doctor Who Short Trips: Past Tense (Big Finish Short Trips)...
Television Network Prime Time Programming, 1985-2007

Television Network Prime Time Programming, 1985-2007


Mitchell E. Shapiro



About the Author Mitchell E. Shapiro, a professor in the School of Communication at the University of Miami (Florida), is...
Viewers like you?: how public TV failed the people

Viewers like you?: how public TV failed the people


Laurie Ouellette



From Library Journal Conservatives have branded public television as elitist, while liberals decry its dependence on cor...
Dawn of the Dumb

Dawn of the Dumb


Charlie Brooker



Review "'This belongs on everyone's bookshelf. With a big spotlight pointing at it.' Praise for Charlie Brooker's Screen ...
Screen Burn

Screen Burn


Charlie Brooker



About the Author Charlie Brooker has worked as a writer, journalist, cartoonist, TV and radio presenter. He created TV Go...
Once Bitten: An Unofficial Guide to the World of Angel

Once Bitten: An Unofficial Guide to the World of Angel


Nikki Stafford



About the Author Nikki Stafford is the author of Bite Me! An Unofficial Guide to the World of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. S...
Bite Me!: The Chosen Edition The Unofficial Guide to Buffy The Vampire Slayer ( Seven Seasons One Book)

Bite Me!: The Chosen Edition The Unofficial Guide to Buffy The Vampire Slayer ( Seven Seasons One Book)


Nikki Stafford



About the Author Nikki Stafford is the author of Finding Lost: The Unofficial Guide and Once Bitten: An Unofficial Guide ...
The Classic Serial on Television and Radio

The Classic Serial on Television and Radio


Keith Selby, Robert Giddings



Review '...highly recommended...' - Choice About the Author ROBERT GIDDINGS is the author of many books and artic...
Video object extraction and representation: Theory and applications

Video object extraction and representation: Theory and applications


Kung S.Y., Lin I.J.



Video object extraction and representation: Theory and applications...
On Screen Rivals: Cinema and Television in the United States and Britain

On Screen Rivals: Cinema and Television in the United States and Britain


Jane Stokes



About the Author JANE STOKES is Senior Lecturer at the University of East London, UK, and co-editor, with Anna Reading, o...
Restyling Factual TV: News, Documentary and Reality Television

Restyling Factual TV: News, Documentary and Reality Television


Annette Hill



Review "Restyling Factual TV is a major contribution to our understanding of audience responses to the reality formats on t...
The Camera Assistant's Manual, Fourth Edition

The Camera Assistant's Manual, Fourth Edition


David E. Elkins S.O.C.



Review "David Elkins, SOC does it again. In this latest edition David covers all of the latest cameras and accessories th...
How to Sell Your Screenplay: The Real Rules of Film and Television

How to Sell Your Screenplay: The Real Rules of Film and Television


Carl Sautter



About the Author Carl Sautter has written for the television series Moonlighting and Beverly Hills 90210. ...
Radio and Television Regulation: Broadcast Technology in the United States, 1920-1960

Radio and Television Regulation: Broadcast Technology in the United States, 1920-1960


Hugh R. Slotten



Review [ Radio and Television Regulation] is a solidly grounded scholarship of the highest quality. (Jeremy Harris Lipschul...
Respect for Acting

Respect for Acting


Uta Hagen



Amazon.com Review In her introduction to Respect for Acting, actress and teacher Uta Hagen talks about a time when she he...
Screenwriting For Dummies (For Dummies (Career Education))

Screenwriting For Dummies (For Dummies (Career Education))


Laura Schellhardt



Review "Ideal for general readers, the book uses everyday examples and addresses social issues such as sweatshops and fai...
Encyclopedia of African American Actresses in Film and Television

Encyclopedia of African American Actresses in Film and Television


Bob Mccann



From Focusing on “positive achievement,” this volume honors the work of 360 influential film and televisio...
Television at the Movies: Cinematic and Critical Responses to American Broadcasting

Television at the Movies: Cinematic and Critical Responses to American Broadcasting


Jon Nelson Wagner, Tracy Biga Maclean



Review Having mated with its mother, radio, television set out to kill the father, the Movies — and this book by J...
The House That Hugh Laurie Built: An Unauthorized Biography and Episode Guide

The House That Hugh Laurie Built: An Unauthorized Biography and Episode Guide


Paul Challen



Review "An exhaustive guide for fans of the TV show House and its cast."  —The Record "Tells you everything you e...
Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television: A Biographical Guide Featuring Performers, Directors, Writers, Producers, Designers, Managers, Choreographers, Technicians, Composers, Executives, Volume 83

Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television: A Biographical Guide Featuring Performers, Directors, Writers, Producers, Designers, Managers, Choreographers, Technicians, Composers, Executives, Volume 83


Thomas Riggs



Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television: A Biographical Guide Featuring Performers, Directors, Writers, Producers, Designers, Managers, Choreographers, Technicians, Composers, Executives, Volume 83...
Target: Prime Time: Advocacy Groups and the Struggle Over Entertainment Television (Communication & Society)

Target: Prime Time: Advocacy Groups and the Struggle Over Entertainment Television (Communication & Society)


Kathryn C. Montgomery



Review "An excellent book that provides an important addition to the pressure group framework. Montgomery's book is acce...
Suck It, Wonder Woman!: The Misadventures of a Hollywood Geek

Suck It, Wonder Woman!: The Misadventures of a Hollywood Geek


Olivia Munn, Mac Montandon



Review “Turn to page 92 now!” - Garry Shandling “A book only Olivia Munn could write. Better rea...
Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television: A Biographical Guide Featuring Performers, Directors, Writers, Producers, Designers, Managers, Choreographers, Technicians, Composers, Executives, Volume 59

Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television: A Biographical Guide Featuring Performers, Directors, Writers, Producers, Designers, Managers, Choreographers, Technicians, Composers, Executives, Volume 59


Thomas Riggs



Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television: A Biographical Guide Featuring Performers, Directors, Writers, Producers, Designers, Managers, Choreographers, Technicians, Composers, Executives, Volume 59...
Creating PC Video

Creating PC Video


Douglas Stevenson, Robert Wolenik



Review Creating PC Video is a well-organized book with useful graphics and photographs that demonstrate exactly how to fo...
Years of Minutes: The Best of Rooney from 60 Minutes

Years of Minutes: The Best of Rooney from 60 Minutes


Andy Rooney



From Publishers Weekly Rooney fans aren't the only readers who will appreciate this massive collection of missives. Anyon...
The Quiz Show (TV Genres)

The Quiz Show (TV Genres)


Su Holmes



Review This book offers an absorbing and thoughtful discussion of a television genre, the quiz show, that has sustained i...
Ain't That a Knee-Slapper: Rural Comedy in the Twentieth Century

Ain't That a Knee-Slapper: Rural Comedy in the Twentieth Century


Tim Hollis



From the Publisher This hee-hawing history of comedic performers from the golden age of radio through the Dukes of Hazz...
Broadcast News Writing, Reporting, and Producing, Fourth Edition

Broadcast News Writing, Reporting, and Producing, Fourth Edition


Ted White



Review "A strength of this book is the way it uses samples of reporting from well-known journalists, reproducing their sc...
Oprah, Celebrity and Formations of Self

Oprah, Celebrity and Formations of Self


Sherryl Wilson



About the Author Sherryl Wilson is at Bournemouth Media School, Bournemouth University. ...
Tunes for 'Toons: Music and the Hollywood Cartoon

Tunes for 'Toons: Music and the Hollywood Cartoon


Daniel Goldmark



From Examining cartoons from a musicological perspective, Goldmark does frame-by-frame readings of such works as "What's...
Laughter In The Living Room: Television Comedy And The American Home Audience (Popular Culture and Everyday Life)

Laughter In The Living Room: Television Comedy And The American Home Audience (Popular Culture and Everyday Life)


Michael V. Tueth



Laughter In The Living Room: Television Comedy And The American Home Audience (Popular Culture and Everyday Life)...
Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television, Volume 72

Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television, Volume 72


Thomas Riggs



Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television, Volume 72...
Transnational Television Worldwide: Towards a New Media Order

Transnational Television Worldwide: Towards a New Media Order


Jean K. Chalaby



Review Mediaweek - review by Nick Mawditt (Head of Research - CNBC Europe): "it will be worth your while to appreciate t...
The Hidden Persuaders

The Hidden Persuaders


Vance Packard



About the Author Vance Packard (1914 -1996) was an American journalist, social critic, and best-selling author. Among his...
Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business

Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business


Neil Postman



Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business...
Reality Television (The Praeger Television Collection)

Reality Television (The Praeger Television Collection)


Richard M. Huff



Review "Demonstrating that television's reputed decline may actually be a permanent conditions, Huff, the television editor...
Citizen Spy: Television, Espionage, and Cold War Culture (Commerce and Mass Culture)

Citizen Spy: Television, Espionage, and Cold War Culture (Commerce and Mass Culture)


Michael Kackman



Citizen Spy: Television, Espionage, and Cold War Culture (Commerce and Mass Culture)...
Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho: A Casebook (Casebooks in Criticism)

Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho: A Casebook (Casebooks in Criticism)


Robert Kolker



About the Author Robert Kolker is Professor Emeritus at the University of Maryland, College Park. ...
Contemporary Theatre, Film & Television, Vol. 104 (Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television)

Contemporary Theatre, Film & Television, Vol. 104 (Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television)


Gale



Contemporary Theatre, Film & Television, Vol. 104 (Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television)...
Digital Cinematography

Digital Cinematography


Paul Wheeler



From the Publisher This book covers the `on-the-set' knowledge you will need to know - its emphasis lies in practical app...
Subject to Change: Guerrilla Television Revisited

Subject to Change: Guerrilla Television Revisited


Deirdre Boyle



Review "An archival treasure and a lively read....Boyle writes with both compassion and crystal-clear insight. This revol...
Television Mythologies: Stars, Shows and Signs

Television Mythologies: Stars, Shows and Signs


Len Masterman



Television Mythologies: Stars, Shows and Signs...
Dissident Voices: The Politics of Television and Cultural Change

Dissident Voices: The Politics of Television and Cultural Change


Mike Wayne



Review ‘Wayne’s study offers an impressive range of readings and critical methodologies within a collection...