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- catalog abstract "Television has eclipsed the church and school as the most dominant storyteller in our culture. Watching What We Watch discusses the various aspects of "reading" television, helps us to understand how television creates meanings, and teaches us to assess the truth and value of those meanings. Watching What We Watch provides an accessible framework for analyzing television theologically and from the perspective of our values and beliefs. A team of experts uses examples from popular television shows to explore the forces that drive television production and to challenge viewers to consider what things they should appreciate about television and what things they should call into question. - Back cover.".
- catalog contributor b12330430.
- catalog created "c2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "c2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2001.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [329]-331) and index.".
- catalog description "Pt. 2. An overview of prime-time dramas -- Law & Order: the cop show prescription for containing evil -- ER and medical dramas: moments of grace in the midst of chaos -- Beverly Hills 90210: the world according to teenage soaps -- Touched by an Angel: popular religious drama -- The X-Files: postmodern quests for reality.".
- catalog description "Pt. 3. An overview of fact-based programming -- Televised news: if it bleeds, it leads -- The Super Bowl: big money, big guys, and "the big guy upstairs".".
- catalog description "Pt. 4. The commerce of television -- Commercials, the real stars of the airways --The business behind the box: ": I'm mad as hell" revisited in the new millennium.".
- catalog description "Pt. I. Are situation comedies really a laughing matter? Seinfeld: nothing but attitude -- The Simpsons: redefining the family sitcom --Moesha: hip-hop family values -- Will & Grace: changing social values -- Ally McBeal: is feminism a bygone? -- Interlude: so where's the sex and violence?".
- catalog description "Television has eclipsed the church and school as the most dominant storyteller in our culture. Watching What We Watch discusses the various aspects of "reading" television, helps us to understand how television creates meanings, and teaches us to assess the truth and value of those meanings. Watching What We Watch provides an accessible framework for analyzing television theologically and from the perspective of our values and beliefs. A team of experts uses examples from popular television shows to explore the forces that drive television production and to challenge viewers to consider what things they should appreciate about television and what things they should call into question. - Back cover.".
- catalog extent "xxii, 338 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Watching what we watch.".
- catalog identifier "0664501931".
- catalog isFormatOf "Watching what we watch.".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "c2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Louisville, Ky. : Geneva Press,".
- catalog relation "Watching what we watch.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "PN1992.6 .W39 2001".
- catalog subject "Television broadcasting Religious aspects Christianity.".
- catalog subject "Television broadcasting United States Religious aspects Christianity.".
- catalog subject "Television broadcasting United States.".
- catalog subject "Television programs Reviews.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Pt. 2. An overview of prime-time dramas -- Law & Order: the cop show prescription for containing evil -- ER and medical dramas: moments of grace in the midst of chaos -- Beverly Hills 90210: the world according to teenage soaps -- Touched by an Angel: popular religious drama -- The X-Files: postmodern quests for reality.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Pt. 3. An overview of fact-based programming -- Televised news: if it bleeds, it leads -- The Super Bowl: big money, big guys, and "the big guy upstairs".".
- catalog tableOfContents "Pt. 4. The commerce of television -- Commercials, the real stars of the airways --The business behind the box: ": I'm mad as hell" revisited in the new millennium.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Pt. I. Are situation comedies really a laughing matter? Seinfeld: nothing but attitude -- The Simpsons: redefining the family sitcom --Moesha: hip-hop family values -- Will & Grace: changing social values -- Ally McBeal: is feminism a bygone? -- Interlude: so where's the sex and violence?".
- catalog title "Watching what we watch : prime-time television through the lens of faith / Walter T. Davis, Jr. ... [et al.].".
- catalog type "Reviews. fast".
- catalog type "text".