Includes bibliographical references (pages 160-168) and index
'Reading' television -- Content analysis -- The signs of television -- The codes of television -- The functions of television -- Bardic television -- Audiences -- The modes of television -- Dance -- Competition -- Television realism -- A policeman's lot -- Conclusion: Something completely different?
Using the tools and techniques in this book, it is possible for everyone who has access to a television set to produce illuminating analyses not only of the programmes themselves, but also of the culture which produces them
