Examining commercial television in the light of contemporary culture, literary and cinematic criticism, this book addresses the place of semiotics, narrative theory, reception theory, ideological analysis, psychoanalysis, and others in the critical analysis of television.

First Published in 1992. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

`A remarkably cogent and comprehensive introduction to a wide range of methodologies of television analysis. Channels of Discourse goes far beyond what usually passes for `content analysis' and `television criticism'.' - Robert Stam, New York University