LEADER 02978nam 2200565 a 450 001 996203964803316 005 20170816114855.0 010 $a1-281-06958-2 010 $a9786611069582 010 $a0-470-69246-4 010 $a0-470-76637-9 035 $a(CKB)1000000000407284 035 $a(EBL)320107 035 $a(OCoLC)437192683 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000246921 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11206654 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000246921 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10188978 035 $a(PQKB)11652036 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC320107 035 $a(PPN)192399705 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000407284 100 $a20070208d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe small screen$b[electronic resource] $ehow television equips us to live in the information age /$fBrian L. Ott 210 $aMalden, MA $cBlackwell Pub.$d2007 215 $a1 online resource (216 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4051-6155-8 311 $a1-4051-6154-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [172]-188) and index. 327 $aThe 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 Exemplar 327 $aSymbolic 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; Index 330 $aTelevision 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 negotiati 606 $aTelevision broadcasting$xSocial aspects 615 0$aTelevision broadcasting$xSocial aspects. 676 $a302.23/45 676 $a302.2345 700 $aOtt$b Brian L$0941284 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996203964803316 996 $aThe small screen$92123136 997 $aUNISA