This book is about the question of existence, the meaning of ‘life’. It is an enquiry into the contemporary human situation as disclosed by television.
The elementary components of any real-world situation are place, people and time. These are first examined as basic existential phenomena drawing on Heidegger’s fundamental enquiry into the human situation in
Being and Time. They are then explored through the technological and production care-structures of broadcast television ...
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Acknowledgements vi
Preface viii
Part one: An introduction to the phenomenology of television
Prologue: Heidegger’s teacup 3
1. What is phenomenology? 5
2. Avail...
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Paddy Scannell is professor in the department of communication studies at the University of Michigan. He was one of the early pioneers of media studies, and a found...