Television Studies: The Key Concepts is the definitive reference guide to an area of rapidly expanding academic interest. Among those aspects of television studies covered in this comprehensive and up-to-date guide are:

theoretical perspectives which have shaped the study of television - Marxism; semiology; feminism

concepts which have shaped the study of television - narrative; representation; bias

television genres - soap opera; news; science fiction

methods used for understanding television - content analysis; audience research

relevant social, economic and political phenomena - ownership; social policy.