John Tulloch is Professor at Brunel University, UK.

'Who watches the watchers? John Tulloch does ... he reflects on the evolution of audience research over the past three decades, focusing valuable attention on core issues of methodology which have fallen through the cracks in previous overviews of the Birmingham tradition and its legacy ... his readings are thorough, sophisticated and generous. His respect for a diverse range of approaches to audience research makes him the perfect guide, mapping core debates of the past and identifying unresolved questions which will certainly shape the future direction of this field.' Henry Jenkins, Director, Comparative Media Studies

• The television cop series; the television soap opera; television sitcom; television advertisements; violent television - worrying about children; pornography on television - worrying about sex and gender; television science fiction; current affairs television; "authored" television; "authored" audiences; conclusion - risk, performativity and the body.

John Tulloch is Professor at Brunel University, UK.

'Who watches the watchers? John Tulloch does ... he reflects on the evolution of audience research over the past three decades, focusing valuable attention on core issues of methodology which have fallen through the cracks in previous overviews of the Birmingham tradition and its legacy ... his readings are thorough, sophisticated and generous. His respect for a diverse range of approaches to audience research makes him the perfect guide, mapping core debates of the past and identifying unresolved questions which will certainly shape the future direction of this field.' Henry Jenkins, Director, Comparative Media Studies

• The television cop series; the television soap opera; television sitcom; television advertisements; violent television - worrying about children; pornography on television - worrying about sex and gender; television science fiction; current affairs television; "authored" television; "authored" audiences; conclusion - risk, performativity and the body.

John Tulloch is Professor at Brunel University, UK.

'Who watches the watchers? John Tulloch does ... he reflects on the evolution of audience research over the past three decades, focusing valuable attention on core issues of methodology which have fallen through the cracks in previous overviews of the Birmingham tradition and its legacy ... his readings are thorough, sophisticated and generous. His respect for a diverse range of approaches to audience research makes him the perfect guide, mapping core debates of the past and identifying unresolved questions which will certainly shape the future direction of this field.' Henry Jenkins, Director, Comparative Media Studies

• The television cop series; the television soap opera; television sitcom; television advertisements; violent television - worrying about children; pornography on television - worrying about sex and gender; television science fiction; current affairs television; "authored" television; "authored" audiences; conclusion - risk, performativity and the body.