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Planet TV: A Global Television Reader

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Description for Planet TV: A Global Television Reader Paperback. Provides an overview of the rapidly changing landscape of global television, combining previously published essays by pioneers of the study of television with new work by cutting-edge television scholars who refine and extend intellectual debates in the field. Editor(s): Parks, Lisa; Kumar, Shanti. Num Pages: 470 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: APT; HBT; JFC; KNTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 253 x 177 x 22. Weight in Grams: 808.

From the 1967 live satellite program "Our World" to MTV music videos in Indonesia, from French television in Senegal to the global syndication of African American sitcoms, and from representations of terrorism on German television to the international Teletubbies phenomenon, TV lies at the nexus of globalization and transnational culture.
Planet TV provides an overview of the rapidly changing landscape of global television, combining previously published essays by pioneers of the study of television with new work by cutting-edge television scholars who refine and extend intellectual debates in the field. Organized thematically, the volume explores such issues as ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
Number of Pages
470
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780814766927
SKU
V9780814766927
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About Lisa Parks
Lisa Parks is Assistant Professor of Film Studies at the University of California at Santa Barbara. She is the author of Cultures in Orbit: Satellite Technologies and Visual Media. Shanti Kumar is Assistant Professor of Media and Cultural Studies in the Department of Communication Arts at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Reviews for Planet TV: A Global Television Reader
"Everybody knows that TV is crucial to globalization. Now, thanks to Lisa Parks and Shanti Kumar, we know why and how television matters globally. With TV studies moving out of the classroom and onto the world stage, this volume will be an indispensable passport."
Toby Miller

Goodreads reviews for Planet TV: A Global Television Reader


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