{"product_id":"how-to-watch-television-second-edition-9781479898817","title":"How to Watch Television, Second Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA new edition that brings the ways we watch and think about television up to the present\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWe all have opinions about the television shows we watch, but television criticism is about much more than simply evaluating the merits of a particular show and deeming it \"good\" or \"bad.\" Rather, criticism uses the close examination of a television program to explore that program's cultural significance, creative strategies, and its place in a broader social context. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eHow to Watch Television, Second Edition\u003c\/i\u003e brings together forty original essays--more than half of which are new to this edition--from today's leading scholars on television culture, who write about the programs they care (and think) the most about. Each essay focuses on a single television show, demonstrating one way to read the program and, through it, our media culture. From fashioning blackness in \u003ci\u003eEmpire\u003c\/i\u003e to representation in \u003ci\u003eOrange is the New Black\u003c\/i\u003e and from the role of the reboot in \u003ci\u003eGilmore Girls \u003c\/i\u003eto the function of changing political atmospheres in \u003ci\u003eRoseanne\u003c\/i\u003e, these essays model how to practice media criticism in accessible language, providing critical insights through analysis--suggesting a way of looking at TV that students and interested viewers might emulate. The contributors discuss a wide range of television programs past and present, covering many formats and genres, spanning fiction and non-fiction, broadcast, streaming, and cable. Addressing shows from TV's earliest days to contemporary online transformations of the medium, \u003ci\u003eHow to Watch Television, Second Edition \u003c\/i\u003eis designed to engender classroom discussion among television critics of all backgrounds. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTo access additional essays from the first edition, visit the \"links\" tab at nyupress.org\/9781479898817\/how-to-watch-television-second-edition\/.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEthan Thompson\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Media Arts at Texas A\u0026amp;M University-Corpus Christi. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eParody and Taste in Postwar American Television Culture\u003c\/i\u003e and co-editor of \u003ci\u003eTelevision History, the Peabody Archive, and Cultural Memory\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSatire TV: Politics and Comedy in the Post-Network Era\u003c\/i\u003e. He directed the documentary \u003ci\u003eTV Family\u003c\/i\u003e about a forgotten forerunner to reality television. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJason Mittell\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Film \u0026amp; Media Culture at Middlebury College. His books include \u003ci\u003eGenre \u0026amp; Television: From Cop Shows to Cartoons in American Culture\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTelevision \u0026amp; American Culture\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eComplex Television: The Poetics of Contemporary Television Storytelling, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNarrative Theory and Adaptation. \u003c\/i\u003eHe is project manager for \u003ci\u003e[in]Transition: Journal of Videographic Film \u0026amp; Moving Image Studies, \u003c\/i\u003e and author of numerous video essays.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"New York University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50368991035666,"sku":"9781479898817","price":35.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_5b1cec68-61e0-441c-a7ec-3eb6e6df2b44.jpg?v=1728517704","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/how-to-watch-television-second-edition-9781479898817","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}