SHORT INTRODUCTIONS

Nicholas Abercrombie, Sociology

Michael Bury, Health and Illness

Raewyn Connell and Rebecca Pearse, Gender 3rd edition

Hartley Dean, Social Policy 3rd edition

Lena Dominelli, Introducing Social Work

Jonathan Gray and Amanda D. Lotz, Television Studies 2nd edition

Jeffrey Haynes, Development Studies

Stuart Henry, with Lindsay M. Howard, Social Deviance 2nd edition

Stephanie Lawson, International Relations 3rd edition

Ronald L. Mize, Latina/o Studies

Chris Rojek, Cultural Studies

Mary Romero, Introducing Intersectionality

Karen Wells, Childhood Studies

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First edition published in 2011 by Polity Press

This second edition first published in 2019 by Polity Press

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ISBN-13: 978-1-5095-3179-0

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Gray, Jonathan (Jonathan Alan), author. | Lotz, Amanda D., 1974- author.

Title: Television studies / Jonathan Gray, Amanda D. Lotz.

Description: Cambridge, UK ; Medford, MA : Polity, 2018. | Series: Short introductions | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Subjects: LCSH: Television broadcasting–History and criticism–History.

Classification: LCC PN1992.45 (ebook) | LCC PN1992.5 .G68 2018 (print) | DDC 791.45071–dc23

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Acknowledgments

In doling out thanks, it may seem odd to start by thanking those who have made the writing of this book all the harder a task, but we nevertheless wish to thank all of our many peers and forerunners for making television studies something that is so vibrant, interesting, challenging, diverse, and nuanced that putting it in a short book could never have been and never will be a simple task, for us or for others.

More specifically, we extend heartfelt thanks to some of the field's pioneers and shining lights who at various times walked us through moments in television studies history: Charlotte Brunsdon, John Fiske, Christine Geraghty, Bruce Gronbeck, John Hartley, Henry Jenkins, David Morley, Horace Newcomb, Paddy Scannell, Ellen Seiter, and Lynn Spigel.

Other colleagues and friends who pushed us in helpful directions with criticism and friendly advice include Rob Asen, David Bordwell, Joshua Green, Matt Hills, Michele Hilmes, Derek Johnson, Lori Kido Lopez, Jeremy Morris, Sarah Murray, Aswin Punathambekar, and Serra Tinic. Many thanks, too, to Polity's reviewers for both editions.

Finally, we'd like to thank those who played the biggest roles in introducing each of us to television studies: Horace Newcomb in the case of Amanda, and Nick Couldry and David Morley in the case of Jonathan. We're proud to call these gracious, warm, and brilliant teacher-scholars our mentors and friends. The field has gained so much from their work, but so have we as individuals. We dedicate the book to them, with thanks.