{"product_id":"9781405169790","title":"Television Truths Forms of Knowledge in Popular Culture","description":"\u003ch1\u003eTelevision Truths\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eForms of Knowledge in Popular Culture\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eJohn Hartley\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerforming Arts \/ Film \/ History \u0026amp; Criticism\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTelevision Truths\u003c\/i\u003e considers what we know about TV, whether we love it or hate it, where TV is going, and whether viewers should bother going along for the ride.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis engaging volume, written by one of television's best known scholars, offers a new take on the history of television and an up-to-date analysis of its imaginative content and cultural uses.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores the pervasive, persuasive, and powerful nature of television: among the most criticized phenomena of modern life, but still the most popular pastime ever\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWritten by John Hartley, one of television's best known scholars\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eConsiders how television reflects and shapes contemporary life across the economic, political, social and cultural spectrum, examining its influence from historical, political and aesthetic perspectives\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProbes the nature of, and future for, television at a time of unprecedented change in technologies and business plans\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides an up-to-date analysis of content and cultural uses, from the television live event, to its global political influence, through to the concept of the 'TV citizen'\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMaps out a new paradigm for understanding television, for its research and scholarship, and for the very future of the medium itself\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Hartley\u003c\/b\u003e is a Distinguished Professor at Queensland University of Technology and Adjunct Professor of the Australian National University. Hartley is the author of 15 books, including \u003ci\u003eCreative Industries, A Short History of Cultural Studies, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eCommunication, Cultural and Media Studies. \u003c\/i\u003eHe is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e26 December 2007\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781405169790\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e304\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e15.36\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44379113619596,"sku":"9781405169790","price":43.16,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781405169790.jpg?v=1780202787","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781405169790","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}