This book offers a nuanced understanding of ‘offensive’ television content by drawing on an extensive research project, involving in-depth interviews and focus groups with audiences in Britain and Germany.
Provocative Screens asks: what makes something really offensive and to whom in what context? Why it offence felt so differently? And how does offensive content matter in public life, regulation, and institutional understandings?
Provocative Screens asks: what makes something really offensive and to whom in what context? Why it offence felt so differently? And how does offensive content matter in public life, regulation, and institutional understandings?
Table des matières
Chapter 1: The Slippery Terrain of Offensive Television.- Chapter 2: Producing the Imagined Audience of Offensive Screens.- Chapter 3: Just Kidding! Negotiating the Line between Humour and Offence.- Chapter 4: Audiences Speak Back: Re-Working Offensive Texts.- Chapter 5: Audiences’ Expectations of Regulators and Producers.- Chapter 6: Provocative Screens.A propos de l’auteur
Ranjana Das is Senior Lecturer in Media and Communication at the University of Surrey, UK.
Anne Graefer is Lecturer in Media Theory at Birmingham City University, UK.
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Langue Anglais ● Format PDF ● Pages 136 ● ISBN 9783319679075 ● Taille du fichier 2.1 MB ● Maison d’édition Springer International Publishing ● Lieu Cham ● Pays CH ● Publié 2017 ● Téléchargeable 24 mois ● Devise EUR ● ID 5519647 ● Protection contre la copie DRM sociale