%0 Journal Article %J Cinema Journal %D 2001 %T A Cultural Approach to Television Genre Theory %A Mittell, Jason %K academics %K Altman %K audience %K evolution %K Feuer %K Foucault %K genre %K industry %K Neale %K television %K Todorov %B Cinema Journal %V 40 %P 3–24 %8 2001 %G eng %0 Journal Article %J Velvet Light Trap: A Critical Journal of Film & Television %D 2001 %T Cartoon Realism: Genre Mixing and the Cultural Life of the Simpsons %A Mittell, Jason %K genre %K parody %K television %X Focuses on how genre impacts the television program 'The Simpsons' regarding issues of cultural hierarchies, target audiences, codes of realism and genre parody. Uses of generic terms; Discussion on the discursive operation of genre surrounding the cultural life of 'The Simpsons.' %B Velvet Light Trap: A Critical Journal of Film & Television %P 15–30 %8 2001 %G eng %0 Journal Article %J Journal of Popular Film and Television %D 2003 %T Audiences Talking Genre: Television Talk Shows and Cultural Hierarchies %A Mittell, Jason %K audience %K Bourdieu %K cultural studies %K genre %K survey %K talk show %K taste %K television %X The author explores howaudience members make sense of the talk show genre-from daytime issueoriented programs to late-night entertainment shows-through a qualitative survey of television viewers. He argues that the genre is linked to assumed notions of identity and hierarchies of cultural value that help explain the genre's controversial history. %B Journal of Popular Film and Television %V 31 %P 36–46 %8 2003 %G eng %0 Book %D 2004 %T Genre and Television: From Cop Shows to Cartoons in American Culture %A Mittell, Jason %K Altman %K Foucault %K genre %K historiography %K industry %K media studies %K parody %K quiz show %K television %I Routledge %C New York %8 2004 %@ 0-415-96903-4 %G eng