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This research examines the role, function, and status of critics and criticism in commercial popular art worlds by focusing specifically upon the medium of television. Relying on data collected at four points in time between 1985 and 2000 on all U.S. television series debuting in the fall seasons, we address how the complex business context of the television industry today affects critics' view of their role relative to their readership, the creative community, their employers, and the networks and advertisers, and how it is reflected in the criticism they write. Analyses found that television critics attend to evaluative criteria that are distinct to the medium of television, focus on writers and producers over other art world participants who are central to the creation and production of a series, and attend to aesthetic evaluation, emphasizing qualities consistent with entertainment value and a popular aesthetic, and foregrounding genre to frame these discussions. Critics appear to speak to multiple constituencies, giving equal attention to potential audience acceptance and commercial success of the series. |
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| Bielby, Denise., Moloney, Molly. and Ngo, Bob. "Critics in Commercial Popular Art Worlds: Aesthetic Criteria of Television Criticism" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Hilton San Francisco & Renaissance Parc 55 Hotel, San Francisco, CA,, Aug 14, 2004 <Not Available>. 2009-05-26 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p110042_index.html> |
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| Bielby, D. D., Moloney, M. and Ngo, B. Q. , 2004-08-14 "Critics in Commercial Popular Art Worlds: Aesthetic Criteria of Television Criticism" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Hilton San Francisco & Renaissance Parc 55 Hotel, San Francisco, CA, Online <.PDF>. 2009-05-26 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p110042_index.html |
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Abstract: This research examines the role, function, and status of critics and criticism in commercial popular art worlds by focusing specifically upon the medium of television. Relying on data collected at four points in time between 1985 and 2000 on all U.S. television series debuting in the fall seasons, we address how the complex business context of the television industry today affects critics' view of their role relative to their readership, the creative community, their employers, and the networks and advertisers, and how it is reflected in the criticism they write. Analyses found that television critics attend to evaluative criteria that are distinct to the medium of television, focus on writers and producers over other art world participants who are central to the creation and production of a series, and attend to aesthetic evaluation, emphasizing qualities consistent with entertainment value and a popular aesthetic, and foregrounding genre to frame these discussions. Critics appear to speak to multiple constituencies, giving equal attention to potential audience acceptance and commercial success of the series. |
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| Critics in Commercial Popular Art Worlds: Aesthetic Criteria of Television Criticism Denise D. Bielby bielbyd@soc.ucsb.edu Molly E. Moloney mem1@umail.ucsb.edu Bob Q. Ngo bobngo@umail.ucsb.edu Department of Sociology University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara CA 93106 January 14 2004 Paper submitted for presentation at the Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association San Francisco CA August 2004. 2 Introduction Critics play a central role in the interpretation of cultural forms objects and productions. According to Griswold (1987) in serving their |
| future 1.252 0.263 nonsignficant Tentative about show's future 28.912 0.000 significant More Hard news as part of evaluation 2.242 0.134 nonsignficant Soft news as part of evaluation 6.404 0.011 significant More Funny-ness/humorous 0.080 0.887 nonsignficant Scary/eerie/suspenseful 2.160 0.142 nonsignficant Fun/entertaining/amusing 39.738 0.000 significant More Comparison to other television shows 4.758 0.029 significant More Prediction of show’s ratings 1.373 0.241 nonsignficant Significant Results in Bold |
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