Description: Psychosocial Explorations of Film and Television Viewing by Jo Whitehouse-Hart Most people have, at some point, experienced powerful, often strange and disconcerting, responses to films and television programmes of which they cannot always make sense. Drawing on insights from psychoanalysis, this book argues that the seemingly mundane and everyday activity of film and television viewing in the home is in fact extraordinary. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Most people have, at some point, experienced powerful, often strange and disconcerting, responses to films and television programmes of which they cannot always make sense. Drawing on insights from psychoanalysis, this book argues that the seemingly mundane and everyday activity of film and television viewing in the home is in fact extraordinary. Author Biography Jo Whitehouse-Hart is Lecturer in Media and Communication at the University of Leicester, UK. She has published in the areas of television and psychoanalysis, audience research, and the creative industries using psychoanalytic and psychosocial perspectives and methods. Table of Contents Introduction: Puzzling Viewing 1. Favourites, TV and Home: Psychosocial Perspectives 2. Psychosocial Methods and Audience Research 3. Spending Too Much Time Watching TV? 4. Favourite Things: Evocative Objects in the Life of a Castaway 5. Mothers, Sons, Siblings and The Imaginative World of Working Class Womens Viewing 6. Risky Viewing and Risky Method? 7. Conclusion: Viewing is Psychosocial Long Description Most people have, at some point in their lives, experienced powerful, often strange and disconcerting, responses to films and television programmes of which they cannot always make sense. Psychosocial Explorations of Film and Television Viewing takes as its subject the seemingly mundane and everyday activity of watching television and films in the home, arguing that the affective and emotional experiences generated for audiences make this activity in fact extraordinary. Based on a fascinating empirical study of audiences "favourite" films and television programmes, the book unravels the biographical and emotional intensity of viewing, from a psychosocial perspective. Drawing on insights from psychoanalysis including the work of Sigmund Freud, Melanie Klein, Donald Winnicott, Wilfred Bion and Christopher Bollas, and sociological theorists such as Pierre Bourdieu, the book argues that viewing is a psychosocial activity which must consider the relationships and processes between "inner" and "outer" worlds. Important ideas from media audience research are revisited, to show that families and biographical experiences influence audience identification, interpretation and uses of television. The in-depth case studies show that whilst viewing can be pleasurable, in the conventional sense of enjoyment, it can also be anxiety-provoking and contradictory. Employing psychoanalytic methods for social and cultural research, this book is an important contribution to Media Studies, Film Studies, Cultural Studies and Psychosocial Studies. Details ISBN0230362834 Year 2014 ISBN-10 0230362834 ISBN-13 9780230362833 Format Hardcover Publisher Palgrave Macmillan Short Title PSYCHOSOCIAL EXPLORATIONS OF F Language English Media Book Edition Description 2014 Imprint Palgrave Macmillan Subtitle Ordinary Audience Place of Publication Basingstoke Country of Publication United Kingdom Birth 1964 Illustrations VIII, 204 p. Pages 204 Publication Date 2014-10-31 UK Release Date 2014-10-31 AU Release Date 2014-10-31 NZ Release Date 2014-10-31 Author Jo Whitehouse-Hart Series Studies in the Psychosocial Alternative 9781349348688 DEWEY 302.2343 Audience Tertiary & Higher Education We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:99139010;
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ISBN-13: 9780230362833
Book Title: Psychosocial Explorations of Film and Television Viewing
Number of Pages: 204 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Psychosocial Explorations of Film and TV Shows Viewing: Ordinary Audience
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Publication Year: 2014
Subject: Psychology
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Author: Jo Whitehouse-Hart
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