Social issues in television fiction/
Lesley Henderson
- Edinburg: Edinburg University Press, 2007.
- vi, 200 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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.
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Social problems in mass media Television--Social aspects Television viewers--Attitudes