At an evolutionary stage in televisual history, Buonanno’s The Age of Television considers the impact of television on daily life over the past 50 years, concentrating on the concepts and theories of the medium. As television threatens to intrude upon our daily lives more than ever, through cellular phones, and thousands of digital channels, The Age of Television takes a careful look at the influence of this media form on modern life. Television plays an important part in its viewers’ lives, making links between cultures, individuals and events, and offering the viewer a multitude of choices and opportunities.

The Age of Television reads as an original comprehensive overview making it an essential volume for a scholarly readership and audiences with an interest in media. Drawing on classic media theories, it also offers a fresh look at television’s dominance of Western culture and provides an optimistic perspective on the possibilities of the small screen.

 
'[Milly Buonanno] suggests that we 'acknowledge that [television can offer] a narrative solution to the dilemmas of time and... satisfy, with the breathtaking resources of the imagination, the ancient and profound human yearning to achieve the 'Great Flight' – not from life, but from death.' This, I would guess, is one of the most stimulating endorsements of Coronation Street and The Sopranos that anyone has ever written.' John Lloyd, The Financial Times. 

ISBN 9781841501819
Paperback 144 pages 230 x 174mm
Published January 2008