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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454864503321

Autore

Mjos Ole J. <1970->

Titolo

Media globalization and the Discovery Channel networks [[electronic resource] /] / by Ole J. Mjos

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Routledge, 2009

ISBN

1-135-21373-9

1-282-32592-2

9786612325922

0-203-87294-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (237 p.)

Collana

Routledge advances in internationalizing media studies ; ; 4

Disciplina

302.2345

384.55/5

Soggetti

Television and globalization

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Tables; Figure; Acknowledgments; 1 Media Globalization and Televisual Culture; 2 The Rise of Discovery: 'The World's Number One Nonfiction Media Company'; 3 Discovery the Brand: Image, Reputation, Promise; 4 The Globalization of Factual Entertainment; 5 Discovery's Localization Strategies; 6 Global Resonance: Television Programing for the World; 7 Negotiating the Global and the National Through Televisual Culture; 8 The Duality of Globalization in Discovery; Appendices; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book is about the relationship between media and globalization, explored through the unique study of the global expansion of Discovery Communications, spearheaded by the Discovery Channel, one of the world's largest providers of factual television programming and media content. The book argues that the study of Discovery's relationship with globalization provides both a specific and a more general practical and theoretical understanding of how the processes of increased linking and interweaving of media and communications unfold and develop, as well as some of the consequences of this.