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Journalism
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2. Contents
 What is Television?
 Kind of TV genre
 Reference

3. What is Television?
 Television (TV) is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and
receiving moving images that can be monochrome(black-and-white) or
colored, with or without accompanying sound. "Television" may also
refer specifically to a television set, television programming, or
television transmission.
• Genres
Television genres include a broad range of programming types that
entertain, inform, and educate viewers. The most expensive entertainment
genres to produce are usually drama and dramatic miniseries. However,
other genres, such as historical Western genres, may also have high
production costs.
Popular culture entertainment genres include action-oriented shows such
as police, crime, detective dramas, horror, or thriller shows. As well, there
are also other variants of the drama genre, such as medical dramas and
daytime soap operas.

4. Kind of TV Genre
 Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in
performance.
 The use of "drama" in the narrow sense to designate a
specific type of play dates from the 19th century.
 TV series (drama)is a form of artistic expression through
the acts and actions of the characters.
 Reaction of the viewers can affect the work.
 “Television drama is important. Today, TV is an important
aspect of culture.” (George W Brent)

5. Kind of TV Genre
• Comedy ( in the contemporary meaning of the term, is any
discourse or work generally intended to be humorous or to amuse
by inducing laughter, especially in theater, television, film.
 The comedy is broad and complex, includes humor, generally targets
popular.
 Comedy questions the social norms
• Comedy may be divided into multiple genres based on the source of
humor, the method of delivery
and the context in which it is delivered. The different forms often
overlap, and most comedy can fit into multiple genres. Some of the
sub-genres of comedy are farce, comedy of manners, burlesque, and
satire.

6. Kind of TV Genre
Else…reality documentary
news
Popular
entertainment
Quiz show
Talk show : Oprah Winfrey show
sports

7. Reference
 http://en.wikipedia.org/
• Understanding of television genres
- The Television Genre Book
(Dr Glen Creeber, Toby Miller, John Tulloch)