Consuming Television: Television and its Audiences

Consuming Television is a textbook designed to introduce students to the role of television in contemporary society and to encourage an understanding of what contemporary audiences are all about.

• Written clearly and simply, and devoid of jargon
• Covers both the empirical and theoretical ground in a lively manner
• Unlike most books on the television audience, this volume looks at the programmes themselves, as well as the production process (including policies which affect television production)