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Global Television
Barbara Selznick
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Description for Global Television
Paperback. The face of television broadcasting is changing in ways that are both profound and subtle. This work uncovers the particular processes by which the international circulation of culture takes place, while addressing larger cultural issues such as identity formation. It explores the ways these international co-productions create a global culture. Series: Emerging Media: History, Theory, Narrative. Num Pages: 224 pages, 8 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: APT; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5346 x 3564 x 407. Weight in Grams: 268.
The face of U.S. television broadcasting is changing in ways that are both profound and subtle. Global Television uncovers the particular processes by which the international circulation of culture takes place, while addressing larger cultural issues such as identity formation. Focusing on how the process of internationally made programming such as Highlander: The Series and The Odyssey-amusingly dubbed \u201cEuropudding\u201d and \u201ccommercial white bread\u201d-are changing television into a transnational commodity, Barbara Selznick considers how this mode of production-as a means by which transnational television is created-has both economic rewards and cultural benefits as well as drawbacks. Global Television explores the ways ... Read more
The face of U.S. television broadcasting is changing in ways that are both profound and subtle. Global Television uncovers the particular processes by which the international circulation of culture takes place, while addressing larger cultural issues such as identity formation. Focusing on how the process of internationally made programming such as Highlander: The Series and The Odyssey-amusingly dubbed \u201cEuropudding\u201d and \u201ccommercial white bread\u201d-are changing television into a transnational commodity, Barbara Selznick considers how this mode of production-as a means by which transnational television is created-has both economic rewards and cultural benefits as well as drawbacks. Global Television explores the ways ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Series
Emerging Media: History, Theory, Narrative
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Philadelphia PA, United States
ISBN
9781592135042
SKU
V9781592135042
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About Barbara Selznick
Barbara J. Selznick is an Associate Professor in the School of Media Arts, The University of Arizona and author of Sure Seaters: The Emergence of Art House Cinema.
Reviews for Global Television
"Global Television is well focused, disciplined, imaginative, and original; the global outlook and free ranging expertise across borders are signature virtues. It looms to be a blueprint for the emergent field of globally-centric media studies." -Thomas Doherty , American Studies Department, Brandeis University