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The essential one-stop guide to making your studio production shine!

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Centering on media studies, this collection of essays examines both the show The Walking Dead and its source material, the graphic novels by Robert Kirkman. These essays look at the show from a variety of perspectivesfrom art and theology to gender, violence, and politicsthrough the prism of media studies.

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This book offers the only examination of the television writing of David Milch and David Simon as significant contributions to American culture, literature, and social realism.

David Milch and David Simon are two of the most prolific and successful television drama writers in the last 30 years.

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A collection of essays on a show that has taken the art of television drama to different heights.

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The book is a study of theatre's educational role in the 20th and the first years of the 21st centuries. It examines the variety of ways the theatre's educational potential has been harnessed and theorised by the claims made for its value and the tension between theatre as education and theatre as 'art'. -- .

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A classic both of science fiction and television drama, and an adventure in the tradition of Lewis Carroll, Conan Doyle and HG Wells, this TV series was created for children. Its strength has been its writers and their ideas. This history of the show looks into its social and cultural impact - an ideal read for committed and casual fans alike.

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This fascinating book takes the reader on a rich and varied study of one of the greatest television programmes of all time: Doctor Who. Combining essays from academics in Screen Studies with practitioners who have contributed to the ongoing narrative of Doctor Who, this collection is the first to study the Doctors adventures in all their forms.

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Takes the reader on a study of one of the greatest television programmes of all time: "Doctor Who." This title explores the Doctor's adventures in various manifestations: on television, audio, in print and beyond.

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This book explores science fiction television in the 1970s and 80s, analysing the changes under neoliberalism and the rise of Thatcherism.

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This book explores science fiction television in the 1970s and 80s, analysing the changes under neoliberalism and the rise of Thatcherism.

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This book explores how time travel has been used as a plot device in a number of television shows, including iconic programs like Doctor Who, Heroes, Lost, Quantum Leap, Red Dwarf, and the Star Trek franchise, among others. It is organized into three general themesOrigins, Correcting the Past, and Exploring the Future.

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A sophisticated but accessible account of the series and its place in American cultural history, this book helps readers appreciate the importance of The Sopranos as a cultural touchstone and looks at the show from various cultural perspectives (e.g. ethical, religious, ethnic, etc.).

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Examines both the texts of and the production behind four television shows that used transmedia as a new business and textual model for network TV.

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This is the first comprehensive overview of Greek and Roman historical dramas on television. It traces the development of fictional representations of antiquity from the 1950s to the present, exploring how broader cultural, political and economic issues have influenced the representation of antiquity on television. -- .

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Brings together leading writers from both law and media studies to examine the implications of the shift to digital television for the platforms and audiences, copyright law and media regulation. Through its scope and topicality, the book substantially develops the literature on digital television to serve readers from across the fields of law, the humanities and social sciences.

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"This book fills a need. It will be used by scholars and revered by undergraduates doing papers. It is a highly desirable acquisition for libraries of all types." Choice "[an] essential purchase for universityand most college libraries as well as large public libraries." Reference Books Bulletin

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Presenting a new way to consider television for the 21st century, this book guide the reader through the misinformation and exaggeration that wrongly influence cultural discourse and public policy with regard to TV.

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What is the real nature of television, and what is its place in contemporary society and culture In a provocative rethinking of the medium and its ensuing effects, this book argues that we have misunderstood television and have thus contributed to a distorted view of art and culture in the 20th century.