Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Reading Television was the first book to push the boundaries of television studies beyond the insights offered by cultural studies and textual analysis, creating a vibrant new field of study. Using the tools and techniques in this book, it is possible for everyone with a television set to analyze both the programmes, and the culture which produces them.
In this edition, Hartley reflects on recent developments in television studies, and includes suggestions for further reading. His new foreword underlines the continuing relevance of this foundational text in the study of contemporary culture.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• General Editor's Preface (p. vii)
• Reading Television After 25 Years: a New Foreword by John Hartley (p. ix)
• 1 'Reading' Television (p. 1)
• 2 Content Analysis (p. 8)
• 3 The Signs of Television (p. 22)
• 4 The Codes of Television (p. 41)
• 5 The Functions of Television (p. 49)
• 6 Bardic Television (p. 64)
• 7 Audiences (p. 78)
• 8 The Modes of Television (p. 85)
• 9 Dance (p. 101)
• 10 Competition (p. 113)
• 11 Television Realism (p. 127)
• 12 A Policeman's Lot (p. 138)
• Conclusion: Something Completely Different? (p. 154)
• References (p. 160)
• Further Reading (p. 164)
• Index (p. 169)