"Television Studies: The Key Concepts is the definitive reference guide to an area of rapidly expanding academic interest. Among those aspects of television studies covered in this comprehensive and up-to-date guide are: theoretical perspectives which have shaped the study of television - Marxism, semiology, feminism; concepts which have shaped the study of television - narrative, representation objectivity; television genres - soap opera, news, science fiction; methods used for understanding television - content analysis, audience research; relevant social, economic and political phenomena - culture, ownership, media policy."--Jacket.