Critical Approaches to Television

This comprehensive text provides a broad overview of television criticism through the explanation of theoretical foundations, analyses of critical approaches, and sample critical essays. The text is organized by critical method, but includes an alternative table of contents for instructors who prefer to teach by genre. Pedagogy includes introductory essays in every chapter, headnotes for articles, marginal annotations, and analysis writing exercises. The methods of criticism include Theoretical and Critical Foundations, Text Centered, Producer Centered, and Reception Centered.Leah R. Vande Berg is the author of 'Critical Approaches to Television' with ISBN 9780618206742 and ISBN 0618206744.