03134nam 2200601Ia 450 99621861500331620210906044142.01-281-30850-197866113085060-470-69418-10-470-69335-5(CKB)1000000000401331(EBL)351488(OCoLC)476172468(SSID)ssj0000256917(PQKBManifestationID)11215035(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000256917(PQKBWorkID)10226112(PQKB)11424028(MiAaPQ)EBC351488(EXLCZ)99100000000040133120070409d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrTelevision truths[electronic resource] /John HartleyMalden, MA ;Oxford Blackwell, Pub.20081 online resource (306 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4051-6979-6 1-4051-6980-X Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-271) and index.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 Self10 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;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 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 unprecedeTelevision broadcastingSocial aspectsTelevision and politicsElectronic books.Television broadcastingSocial aspects.Television and politics.302.234505.36bclAP 32850rvkHartley John1948-25146MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK996218615003316Television truths2877091UNISA