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Hartley John <1948-> |
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Television truths [[electronic resource] /] / John Hartley |
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Malden, MA ; ; Oxford, : Blackwell, Pub., 2008 |
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1-281-30850-1 |
9786611308506 |
0-470-69418-1 |
0-470-69335-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (306 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Television broadcasting - Social aspects |
Television and politics |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-271) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Television Truths; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; 1 Television Truths (Argumentation of TV); Part I Is TV True?(Epistemology of TV); 2 The Value Chain of Meaning; 3 Public Address Systems:Time,Space,and Frequency; 4 Television and Globalization; Part II Is TV a Polity?(Ethics/Politics of TV); 5 Television,Nation,and Indigenous Media; 6 A Television Republic?; 7 Reality and the Plebiscite; Part III Is TV Beautiful?(Aesthetics of TV); 8 From a "Wandering Booby " to a Field of Cows:: The Television Live Event; 9 Shakespeare,Big Brother ,and the Taming of the Self |
10 Sync or Swim?Plebiscitary Sport and Synchronized VotingPart IV What Can TV Be?(Metaphysics of TV); 11 "Laughs and Legends " or the Furniture that Glows?? Television as History; 12 Television in Knowledge Paradigms; References; Index; |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Television. Love it or hate it, it is still the most popular pastime ever. It reflects and shapes our knowledge of contemporary life across the economic, political, social and cultural spectrum, and yet TV is still among the most criticized phenomena of modern life. Everyone watches it, but everyone's also a critic. This engaging book, written by |
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one of television's best known experts, invites us to explore television's most controversial coverage and fascinating formats: TV citizenship, live TV, 'plebiscitary' shows, reality TV, synchronized sports and TV's own history. At a time of unprecede |
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