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Television and the Meaning of 'Live'
Paddy Scannell
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Description for Television and the Meaning of 'Live'
Paperback. This book is about the question of existence, the meaning of life . It is an enquiry into the contemporary human situation as disclosed by television. Passionate and sweeping in scale, this new book from a leading media scholar is a major contribution to our understanding of the media today. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: GTC; HP; JFC; JFDT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 434.
This book is about the question of existence, the meaning of `life'. It is an enquiry into the contemporary human situation as disclosed by television. The elementary components of any real-world situation are place, people and time. These are first examined as basic existential phenomena drawing on Heidegger's fundamental enquiry into the human situation in Being and Time. They are then explored through the technological and production care-structures of broadcast television which, routinely and exceptionally, display the situated experience of being alive and living in the world today. ... Read more
This book is about the question of existence, the meaning of `life'. It is an enquiry into the contemporary human situation as disclosed by television. The elementary components of any real-world situation are place, people and time. These are first examined as basic existential phenomena drawing on Heidegger's fundamental enquiry into the human situation in Being and Time. They are then explored through the technological and production care-structures of broadcast television which, routinely and exceptionally, display the situated experience of being alive and living in the world today. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745662558
SKU
V9780745662558
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99-50
About Paddy Scannell
Paddy Scannell is professor in the department of communication studies at the University of Michigan. He was one of the early pioneers of media studies, and a founding editor of the journal Media, Culture and Society.
Reviews for Television and the Meaning of 'Live'
Television and the Meaning of Live is an important and exciting book, which helps one to see television, and media in general, in new ways. More than this, it is a book that can help one to see the world as a whole anew, as befits the task of `unconcealment' that was Heidegger's goal. It cannot be recommended highly enough. ... Read more