A Companion to Television" is a magisterial collection of 31 original essays that charter the field of television studies over the past century Explores a diverse range of topics and theories that have led to television's current incarnation, and predict its likely futureCovers technology and aesthetics, television's relationship to the state, televisual commerce, texts, representation, genre, internationalism, and audience reception and effectsEssays are by an international group of first-rate scholarsFor information, news, and content from Blackwell's reference publishing program please visit www.blackwellpublishing.com/reference/