This collection demonstrates the significance of television as a field of study in disciplines across the humanities and social sciences. It brings together the most important published writings on television in theoretical, historical, empirical, and political terms, and provides quick access to the essential scholarship in the field. The thematically organized volumes include: * "The History of Television" * "Methods" * "Audiences" * "Issues" * Public Television * Private Television * And more.Bringing together the most important writings on television in theoretical, historical, empirical and political terms, from the USA and Europe, with significant coverage of other international works, this collection demonstrates television's global significance, as a field of study, to disciplines across both the humanities and social sciences.