Tag: Television

Free Download Tube of Plenty: The Evolution of American Television (2nd Edition) by Erik Barnouw
English | 1990 | ISBN: 0195064844 | 624 Pages | PDF | 32.1 MB
Based on the classic History of Broadcasting in the United States, Tube of Plenty represents the fruit of several decades’ labor.

Free Download Digital Television Fundamentals
by Stefan Mozar and Konstantin Glasman
English | 2024 | ISBN: 1785612506 | 434 pages | True PDF | 22.66 MB

Free Download Black TV: Five Decades of Groundbreaking Television from Soul Train to Black-ish and Beyond
by Bethonie Butler
English | 2023 | ISBN: 076248151X | 288 Pages | True ePUB | 28 MB

Free Download The Early Years of Television and the BBC by Jamie Medhurst
English | June 9, 2022 | ISBN: 0748637869 | 208 pages | MOBI | 2.41 Mb
The British journalist C. P. Scott once said of television, ‘Not a nice word. Greek and Latin mixed. Clumsy.’ From its earliest days, when people began to discover ways of ‘seeing at a distance’ through to the multi-platform media environment of today, television has shown itself to be a resilient and adaptable method of communication.

Free Download Vicente Rodríguez Ortega, "Spanish Horror Film and Television in the 21st Century "
English | ISBN: 1032245662 | 2023 | 116 pages | EPUB | 308 KB

Free Download Judy Kutulas, "Sitcom Mom: The Evolution of a Classic Television Character"
English | ISBN: 166693464X | 2023 | 200 pages | EPUB, PDF | 998 KB + 4 MB
This book analyzes how situation comedies have provided cultural insight into both the good and the bad sides of American motherhood through the years. Judy Kutulas argues that while early sitcoms tended to reinforce conventional visions of motherhood, more complex and problematized mothers began rising to prominence as cultural norms continued to diversify. Ultimately, Kutulas explores and demonstrates how increasingly diverse depictions of motherhood reflect changing social expectations, new social and professional opportunities, and expanding debates about what it means to be a mother. Scholars of television, media, American, cultural, and women’s studies will find this book of particular interest.

Free Download Jeff Melvoin, Patrick Loos (Narrator), "Running the Show: Television from the Inside"
English | ASIN: B0CKTWJNPL | 2023 | M4B@64 kbps | ~09:42:00 | 263 MB
Running the Show takes you inside building a show from the ground up and what a showrunner’s life looks like in Hollywood. This unique job covers aspects from the creative to the managerial and everything in between.
Seasoned showrunner Jeffrey Melvoin shares his fascinating insider’s perspective on how to call the shots and make the final decisions when choosing and writing scripts, hiring staff, casting, making the budget, and juggling schedules. Along with the managerial responsibilities that keep the show afloat, they are also the visionary for the series and the characters. Melvoin describes how to confidently communicate abstract ideas so they can become the show’s reality. Running the Show reveals the ethical side of show running and writing with humor, integrity, and wisdom.

Free Download Nicholas Gibbs, "Writing Television Drama: Get Your Scripts Commissioned Teach Yourself"
English | 2012 | ISBN: 1444167618, 1444167596 | EPUB | pages: 288 | 1.0 mb
Break Into Writing For Television takes you from the very first line of the script through to becoming a regular writer for soaps and ‘continuing dramas’. It starts with the basics of different types of script and production, and moves on to getting ideas, shaping character and dialogue, re-writing, pitching work and the practicalities of who does what in the production world, in both the UK and the US. Structured around a practical, progressive, goal-orientated approach, each chapter contains a diagnostic test, case studies, practical exercises and Aide Memoire boxes. Each chapter concludes with a reminder of the key points of the chapter (Focus Points) and a round-up of what to expect in the next (Next Step), which will whet your appetite for what’s coming and how it relates to what you’ve just read.

Free Download Alison F. Slade, "Television, Social Media, and Fan Culture"
English | ISBN: 149850616X | 2015 | 418 pages | EPUB | 895 KB
Television, Social Media, and Fan Culture examines how fans use social media to engage with television programming, characters, and narrative as well as how television uses social media to engage fan cultures. The contributors review the history and impact of social media and television programming; analyze specific programs and the impact of related social media interactions; and scrutinize the past fan culture to anticipate how social media programming will develop in the future. The contributors explore a diverse array of television personalities, shows, media outlets, and fan activities in their analysis, including: Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, and Paula Deen; Community, Game of Thrones, Duck Dynasty, Toddlers and Tiaras, Talking Dead, Breaking Bad, Firefly, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Army Wives, The Newsroom, Doctor Who, Twin Peaks, and The Man from U.N.C.L.E.; as well as ESPN’s TrueHoop Network and Yahoo’s Ball Don’t Lie; and cosplay.

Free Download Christopher Chávez, "Reinventing the Latino Television Viewer: Language, Ideology, and Practice"
English | ISBN: 1498506631 | 2015 | 180 pages | EPUB | 604 KB
Reinventing the Latino Television Viewer: Language, Ideology, and Practice examines how the relationship between language, power, and industry practice is reshaping the very concept of Hispanic television. Chávez argues that as established mainstream networks enter the Hispanic television space, they are redefining the Latino audience in ways that more closely resemble the mainstream population, leading to auspicious forms of erasure that challenge the legitimacy of Spanish altogether. This book presents the integration of English into the Hispanic television space not as an entirely new phenomenon, but rather as an extension of two ongoing practices within the television industry-the exploitation of consumer markets and the suppression of Latino forms of speech.