%0 Journal Article %T Faire l¡¯histoire de la r¨¦ception t¨¦l¨¦visuelle : sources, m¨¦thodes, questionnements %A G¨¦raldine Poels %J Mise au Point : Cahiers de l¡¯Association Fran£¿aise des Enseignants et Chercheurs en Cin¨¦ma et Audiovisuel %D 2012 %I Association Fran?aise des Enseignants et Chercheurs en Cin¨¦ma et Audiovisuel %X Les historiens de la culture du XXe si¨¨cle appellent depuis longtemps ¨¤ prendre en compte non seulement les messages v¨¦hicul¨¦s par les m¨¦dias, mais aussi leur r¨¦ception et leurs publics. Faute de r¨¦flexion sur les concepts et les m¨¦thodes, cette ambition n¡¯a pas encore ¨¦t¨¦ r¨¦alis¨¦e. Cet article examine les conditions de possibilit¨¦ d¡¯une telle recherche, ¨¤ travers le cas de la t¨¦l¨¦vision fran aise. Il invite ¨¤ prendre en compte les acquis de recherches interdisciplinaires et internationales sur les notions (comme celle de r¨¦ception), ¨¤ r¨¦aliser un inventaire critique des sources et ¨¤ sugg¨¦rer des pistes de recherches qui inscrivent r¨¦solument l¡¯histoire de la t¨¦l¨¦vision dans l¡¯histoire de la culture de masse. Towards a history of television viewing: sources, issues and methods. Historians working on the culture of the XXth century regularly call to a renewed approach that would take into account not only the contents of the media, but also their reception and audiences. For lack of a rigorous reflection on notions and methods, such an ambition has remained wishful thinking. This article, based on the example of French television, sets out the conditions of possibilities of such a research program. It suggests taking into consideration the results of international and interdisciplinary academic works on fundamental notions (such as reception), taking a critical inventory of available sources, and proposing research issues that would resolutely promote television history as a critical part of mass culture history. %K television %K reception %K history %K audiences %K mass culture %K t¨¦l¨¦vision %K r¨¦ception %K histoire %K publics %K culture de masse %U http://map.revues.org/984