Substantially updated, this revised edition of Why Viewers Watch presents recent research, overlooked past studies and fresh survey data to offer an alternative perspective on the role of television and how it serves its viewers psychologically. Fowles argues that television is a `grandly therapeutic force - a tension-reliever of great benefit to viewers. He also examines the phenomenon of media snobbery - anti-television attitudes proliferated by those who want to feel superior to others by denigrating television ...
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Substantially updated, this revised edition of Why Viewers Watch presents recent research, overlooked past studies and fresh survey data to offer an alternative perspective on the role of television and how it serves its viewers psychologically. Fowles argues that television is a `grandly therapeutic force - a tension-reliever of great benefit to viewers. He also examines the phenomenon of media snobbery - anti-television attitudes proliferated by those who want to feel superior to others by denigrating television viewing.
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Very good. Ex-library. xi, 281 p.; 23 cm. LCCN 91037600 Type of material Book Personal name Fowles, Jib. Main title Why viewers watch: a reappraisal of television's effects / Jib Fowles. Published/Created Newbury Park, Calif. : Sage, c1992. Description xi, 281 p.; 23 cm. ISBN 0803940769 (cloth) 0803940777 (pbk. ) LC classification PN1992.6. F684 1992 Related names Fowles, Jib. Television viewers vs. media snobs. LC Subjects Television--Psychological aspects. Television broadcasting--Social aspects. Television viewers--United States. Notes Rev. ed. of: Television viewers vs. media snobs. 1982. Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-267) and index. Dewey class no. 302.23/45 Geographic area code n-us---Other system no. (DLC) 91037600
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