{"product_id":"9780803975705","title":"Ordinary Television: Analyzing Popular TV","description":"\u003cp\u003e'Most cultural analysis focuses on the spectacular and the unusual. Frances Bonner has done us a great service by insisting on - and demonstrating - the importance of everyday TV. Ordinary Television breaks genuinely new ground' - \u003ci\u003eToby Miller, New York University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this book, Frances Bonner provides a distinctive angle on a key area of research and teaching across media and cultural studies - the content of television and the relations between television genres and audiences.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHitherto most books on television have focused on drama, or news and current affairs. In other words, they tend to ignore 'ordinary' television - lifestyle programmes and 'reality TV', just the sort of programmes which increasing dominate the schedules.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Ordinary Television, Frances Bonner makes a distinctive argument for regarding these disparate shows as a whole. By examining a substantial range of these programmes, Frances Bonner uncovers their shared characteristics, especially through a consideration of the dominant and disguised discources which pervade them. In addition, the comparative nature of her study enables the author to launch a powerful critique of conventional theories in relation to the globalization of television.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book will be invaluable reading for anyone interested in television and the media in general.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SAGE Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47030396682480,"sku":"9780803975705","price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780803975705_p0.jpg?v=1763740823","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780803975705","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}