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Watching What We Watch

Prime-Time Television through the Lens of Faith

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Publisher:
Westminster John Knox Press
Publication Date:
11/1/2001
ISBN:
9780664226961
Pages:
338
Trim Size
7x10
Product Type:
Paper

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 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.

Walter T. Davis Jr. is Professor Emeritus of Sociology and Religion and a former director of the Advanced Pastoral Studies Program at San Francisco Theological Seminary in San Anselmo, California.


Teresa Blythe is a freelance writer, spiritual director, and media literacy advocate with an extensive background in broadcast news.


Gary Dreibelbis has taught courses in television and communications at Solano College in Suisun, California; San Francisco Theological Seminary in San Anselmo, California; and Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois.


Mark Scalese is a Roman Catholic priest and Assistant Professor of Visual and Performing Arts at Fairfield University in Fairfield, Connecticut.


Elizabeth Winslea is co-Pastor of Lincoln Street United Methodist Church in Portland, Oregon.


Donald L. Ashburn is Associate Minister at Piedmont Community Church in Piedmont, California.


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Watching What We W...
Prime-Time Televis...
by Westminster John Knox Press
Donald L. Ashburn, Teresa Blythe, Walter T. Davis, Jr., Gary Dreibelbis, Mark Scalese, Elizabeth Winslea
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Watching What We W...
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Donald L. Ashburn, Teresa Blythe, Walter T. Davis, Jr., Gary Dreibelbis, Mark Scalese, Elizabeth Winslea
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Watching What We W...
Prime-Time Televis...
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Donald L. Ashburn, Teresa Blythe, Walter T. Davis, Jr., Gary Dreibelbis, Mark Scalese, Elizabeth Winslea
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Watching What We W...
Prime-Time Televis...
by Westminster John Knox Press
Donald L. Ashburn, Teresa Blythe, Walter T. Davis, Jr., Gary Dreibelbis, Mark Scalese, Elizabeth Winslea
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Watching What We W...
Prime-Time Televis...
by Westminster John Knox Press
Donald L. Ashburn, Teresa Blythe, Walter T. Davis, Jr., Gary Dreibelbis, Mark Scalese, Elizabeth Winslea
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