| Description |
1 online resource (239 pages) |
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Film and media studies series |
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Film + media studies.
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| Contents |
Foreword : One thing about television and ten things about Canadian TV / John Doyle -- From kine to hi-def : a personal view of television studies in Canada / Mary Jane Miller -- (Who knows?) What remains to be seen : archives, access, and other practical problems for the study of Canadian "national" television / Jennifer VanderBurgh -- Television, film and the Canadian star system / Liz Czach -- Producing aboriginal television in Canada : obstacles and opportunities / Marian Bredin -- Hypercommercialism and Canadian children's television : the case of YTV / Kyle Asquith -- Canadianizing Canadians : television, youth, identity / Michele Byers -- How even American reality TV can perform a public service on Canadian television / Derek S. Foster -- Television, nation, and the situation comedy in Canada : cultural diversity and Little mosque on the prairie / Sarah A. Matheson -- "Come on Eileen" : making Shania Canadian again / Scott Henderson |
| Summary |
Explores the creation and circulation of entertainment television in Canada from the interdisciplinary perspective of television studies. This book surveys the commercial and technological imperatives of the Canadian television industry, the role of the CBC as Canada's public broadcaster, and the function of television's "star system." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Television broadcasting -- Canada
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Television broadcasting -- Social aspects -- Canada
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National characteristics, Canadian.
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Canadians.
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Social Psychology.
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Canadians
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National characteristics, Canadian
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Television broadcasting
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Television broadcasting -- Social aspects
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Canada
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Bredin, Marian, editor
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Henderson, Scott, 1965- editor.
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Matheson, Sarah A., 1968- editor.
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| ISBN |
9781554583881 |
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1554583888 |
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129931306X |
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9781299313064 |
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