Social issues in television fiction /

Main Author: Henderson, Lesley, (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2007.
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Table of Contents:
  • pt. 1. Mapping the field. Television fiction in context: education and entertainment
  • pt. 2. Inside the industry. Making 'good' television: creative philosophies, professionalism and production values
  • pt. 3. Struggles over television production. General introduction
  • Family secrets: sexual violence
  • A woman's disease: breast cancer
  • Casting the outsiders: mental distress
  • Social issues, production and genre
  • pt. 4. Social issues and television audiences. Public understandings, sexual violence and safe spaces
  • pt. 5. Television fiction and public knowledge. Conclusions
  • Appendix: Focus group session participants.