The Entertainment Functions of Television / Edition 1

by P. H. Tannenbaum

Overview

First published in 1980. This volume is an indirect product of the activities of the Committee on Television and Social Behavior of the Social Science Research Council (SSRC). This is a collection of essays looking at the entertainment function of television in the United States.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780898590135
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/01/1980
Pages:	272
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)
Lexile:	1440L (what's this?)

About the Author

University of California, Berkeley.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 An Unstructured Introduction to an Amorphous Area, Percy H. Tannenbaum; Chapter 2 Entertainment as a Sociological Enterprise, Harold Mendelsohn, H. T. Spetnagel; Chapter 3 The Power and Limitations of Television: A Cognitive-Affective Analysis, Jerome L. Singer; Chapter 4 The Audience as Critic: A Conceptual Analysis of Television Entertainment, Hilde T. Himmelweit, Betty Swift, Marianne E. Jaeger; Chapter 5 Entertainment as Vicarious Emotional Experience, Percy H. Tannenbaum; Chapter 6 Anatomy of Suspense, Dolf Zillmann; Chapter 7 Humor and Catharsis: The Effect of Comedy on Audiences, Thomas J. Scheff, Stephen C. Scheeie; Chapter 8 Toward the Integration of Entertainment and Educational Functions of Television: The Role of Humor, Paul E. McGhee; Chapter 9 Television News as Entertainment, Leo Bogart;