02978nam 2200565 a 450 99620396480331620170816114855.01-281-06958-297866110695820-470-69246-40-470-76637-9(CKB)1000000000407284(EBL)320107(OCoLC)437192683(SSID)ssj0000246921(PQKBManifestationID)11206654(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000246921(PQKBWorkID)10188978(PQKB)11652036(MiAaPQ)EBC320107(PPN)192399705(EXLCZ)99100000000040728420070208d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe small screen[electronic resource] how television equips us to live in the information age /Brian L. OttMalden, MA Blackwell Pub.20071 online resource (216 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4051-6155-8 1-4051-6154-X Includes bibliographical references (p. [172]-188) and index.The Small Screen : How Television Equips Us to Live in the Information Age; Contents; Preface; 1 Television and Social Change; The Times They Are a-Changin'; Television as Public Discourse; 2 Life in the Information Age; The Information Explosion; Society through the Lens of Technocapitalism; Social Anxieties in the Information Age; 3 Hyperconscious Television; Embracing 'the Future': The Attitude of Yes; The Simpsons as Exemplar; Symbolic Equipments in Hyperconscious TV; 4 Nostalgia Television; Celebrating 'the Past': The Attitude of No; Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman as ExemplarSymbolic Equipments in Nostalgia TV5 Television and the Future; (Re)Viewing the Small Screen; Life and Television in the Twenty-First Century; The Next Great Paradigm Shift?; References; IndexTelevision is one of the most important socializing forces in contemporary culture. This book is a cultural history of prime-time television in America during the 1990s. Examines changes that took place in programming, such as the rapid adoption of cable, the proliferation of content providers, the development of niche marketing, the introduction of high-definition television, the blurring of traditional genres, and the creation of new formats like reality-based programming Argues that television programmes of the 1990s afforded viewers a symbolic resource for negotiatiTelevision broadcastingSocial aspectsTelevision broadcastingSocial aspects.302.23/45302.2345Ott Brian L941284MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK996203964803316The small screen2123136UNISA