Global Television: An Introduction - Softcover

Barker, Chris

 
9780631201502: Global Television: An Introduction
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0631201505 ISBN 13: 9780631201502
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, 1997

Synopsis

In this book Chris Barker situates television as a cultural phenomenon in the context of global modernity.

  • The first text to bring together in a single volume the arguments and evidence in the field
  • The first genuine introduction to this topic
  • The author is adept at providing the reader with useful summaries and evaluations of the key arguments and points

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About the Author

Christopher Barker is the author of Global Television: An Introduction, published by Wiley.

From the Back Cover

In this book Chris Barker situates television as a cultural phenomenon in the context of global modernity. Barker offers the first introductory multidimensional and multiperspectival approach to the understanding of television. In so doing, Barker connects with a number of significant current debates in both media and cultural studies, providing useful summaries of these debates and offering reflections of his own.

A particular strength of this book is the way in which Barker ranges across both cultural and media studies literature. The book describes the major contemporary economic, technological and cultural developments in global television placing them within the wider context of global modernity. It provides readers with useful summaries and evaluations of key arguments relating to the development of television as an industry across the globe and its potential cultural impact.

From the Inside Flap

In this book Chris Barker situates television as a cultural phenomenon in the context of global modernity. Barker offers the first introductory multidimensional and multiperspectival approach to the understanding of television. In so doing, Barker connects with a number of significant current debates in both media and cultural studies, providing useful summaries of these debates and offering reflections of his own.

A particular strength of this book is the way in which Barker ranges across both cultural and media studies literature. The book describes the major contemporary economic, technological and cultural developments in global television placing them within the wider context of global modernity. It provides readers with useful summaries and evaluations of key arguments relating to the development of television as an industry across the globe and its potential cultural impact.

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Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Publication date
1997
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0631201505
ISBN 13 
9780631201502
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
272

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