Television aesthetics, media and cultural studies and the contested realm of the social

Zborowski, James

Abstract

This article seeks to intervene in the ‘television aesthetics’ versus ‘media and cultural studies’ debate. It argues that aesthetic evaluation does not necessarily rely upon bad textual others or result in canon construction. It engages with Bourdieu in order to demonstrate that his account of cultural capital and distinction is more nuanced than is suggested by its uptake by scholars who want to use it to argue against evaluative activity. Finally, it argues that television aesthetics cannot be divorced from ‘media and cultural studies’ to the extent that some of its practitioners appear to want.

Citation

Zborowski, J. (2016). Television aesthetics, media and cultural studies and the contested realm of the social. Critical studies in television, 11(1), 7-22. https://doi.org/10.1177/1749602015619632

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Oct 23, 2015
• Online Publication Date: Feb 18, 2016
• Publication Date: 2016-03
• Deposit Date: Oct 23, 2015
• Publicly Available Date: Nov 23, 2017
• Journal: Critical studies in television : the international journal of television studies
• Print ISSN: 1749-6020
• Electronic ISSN: 1749-6039
• Publisher: SAGE Publications
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 11
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 7-22
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1749602015619632
• Keywords: Bourdieu, Pierre, 1930-2002; Evaluative criticism; Higher education; Television aesthetics
• Public URL: https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/380069
• Publisher URL: http://cst.sagepub.com/content/11/1/7.abstract
• Additional Information: Author's accepted manuscript of article published in: Critical studies in television : the international journal of television studies, 2016, v.11, issue 1