by VivienneClark (Editor), Louise Alexander (Author), Alison Cousens (Author)
As the most popular and enduring TV genre worldwide, soap opera is an essential element of any media studies course. The topics covered include: the history of the soap opera genre, narrative conventions, ideas of realism, TV production contexts, approaches to soap opera audiences, links with other media and issues of ideology.
Format: Spiral-bound
Pages: 92
Edition: Spi
Publisher: British Film Institute
Published: 01 Jul 2004
ISBN 10: 0851709788
ISBN 13: 9780851709789