Television

Jeremy G. Butler is Professor of Journalism and Creative Media at the University of Alabama. He has taught television, film, and new media courses since 1980 and is active in online educational resources for television and film studies.

• PART I TELEVISION STRUCTURES AND SYSTEMS1. Television Structures and Systems: Ebb and Flow in the Network Era2. Television Structures and Systems: Ebb and Flow in the Postnetwork Era - Amanda Lotz3. Narrative Structure: Television Stories4. Building Narrative: Character, Actor, Star5. Beyond and Beside Narrative Structure6. The Television CommercialPART II TELEVISION STYLE: IMAGE AND SOUND7. An Introduction to Television Style: Modes of Production8. Style and Setting: Mise-en-Scene9. Style and the Camera: Videography and Cinematography10. Style and Editing11. Style and SoundPART III TELEVISION STUDIES12. An Introduction to Television Studies13. Textual Analysis14. Discourse and Identity

"In recent years, TV has radically changed and, simultaneously, tapped into genres and technical formulas pioneered decades ago. Butler’s magisterial book—including a terrific new chapter by Amanda Lotz—enables us to make sense of it all. There is, quite simply, no more comprehensive resource for the student of television." -Heather Hendershot, Massachusetts Institute of Technology "Instructors of undergraduate television studies courses know that Butler’s Television is a smart, accessible, and indispensable teaching tool, whether our objects of study are The Beverly Hillbillies or Breaking Bad, Monday Night Football or Meet the Press. This exciting new edition incorporates up-to-date critical perspectives on the latest developments in a medium that keeps expanding across multiple modes of delivery, ways of watching, and forms of communication." -Mary Desjardins, Dartmouth College"Given television’s pervasive presence in our personal and political lives today, it’s vital to understand how TV works as an expressive form, a business, and a cultural force. Jeremy Butler’s updated Television proves more indispensable than ever before in exploring these facets of the medium." -Christine Becker, University of Notre Dame"Television remains the best book out there for introducing students to the art, industry, and culture of television as we actually experience it. An essential guide to the stories television tells, yesterday and today." -Michele Hilmes, University of Wisconsin, Madison