Serial Discourse, Studying the Police Series Audience on French Television Website
Journal Title: ESSACHESS - Journal for Communication Studies - Year 2011, Vol 4, Issue 1
Abstract
Comments posted on french television websites about police series were studied in their discursive function in order to question the continental dichotomy between popular and scholar culture. Rereading produces, creates cultural practices. This article aims at opening a space for discourse, a space where cultural industry, reception and practices collide.
Authors and Affiliations
Céline MASONI LACROIX| Maître de Conférences en Sciences de l’Information et de la Communication, Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis, IUT Nice Côte d’Azur, I3M
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