Television pre-views and the meaning of hype

International Journal of Cultural Studies

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 33-49

  Gray, Jonathan ^a  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hype; Interpretation; Paratext; Previews; Six degrees; Studio 60 on the sunset strip; Television; Text

Indexed keywords

EID: 40549095669     PISSN: 13678779     EISSN: 1460356X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1367877907086391     Document Type: Article

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