Television studies must now address a complex environment where change has been vigorous but uneven, and where local and national conditions vary significantly.

In the last ten years, television has reinvented itself in numerous ways. The demise of the U.S. three-network system, the rise of multi-channel cable and globa

Television studies must now address a complex environment where change has been vigorous but uneven, and where local and national conditions vary significantly.

The Television Studies Reader brings together key writings in the expanding field of television studies, providing an overview of the discipline and addressing

Collection of essays that consider television as a digital media form and the aesthetic, cultural, and industrial changes that this shift has provoked.