The Entertainment functions of television. (1980)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Sponsored by the Social Science Research Council ; edited by Percy H. Tannenbaum.
• Other Names: Tannenbaum, Percy H, 1927-; Social Science Research Council (U.S.)., Committee on Television and Social Behavior.
• Contents: An unstructured introduction to an amorphous area / Percy Tannenbaum -- Entertainment as a sociological enterprise / Harold Mendelsohn and H.T. Spetnagel -- The power and limitations of television: a cognitive-affective analysis / Jerome L. Singer -- The audience as critic: a conceptual analysis of television entertainment / Hilde T. Himmelweit, Betty Swift, and Marianne E. Jaeger --Entertainment as vicarious emotional experience / Percy H. Tannenbaum -- Anatomy of suspense / Dolf Zillmann -- Humor and catharsis: the effect of comedy on audiences / Thomas H. Scheff and Stephen C. Scheele -- Toward the integration of entertainment and educational functions of television: the role of humor / Paul E. McGhee -- Television news as entertainment / Leo Bogart.
• Publisher Details: Hillsdale, N.J : L. Erlbaum Associates
• Publication Date: 1980
• Extent: 1 online resource (ix, 262 pages)
• Subjects: 301.16/1; Television -- Psychological aspects -- Congresses; Télévision -- Aspect psychologique -- Congrès; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- General; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Regional Studies; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- General; Television -- Psychological aspects; Televisie; Psychologische aspecten; Electronic books; Conference papers and proceedings
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781317770381; 1317770382
• Related ISBNs: 0898590132; 9780898590135
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.; Note: Print version record.
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