ISBN:
1850435472
,
1850435480
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (264 p)
,
23 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version Transnational Television Worldwide : Towards a New Media Order
DDC:
302.2345
Keywords:
Television broadcasting
;
Television broadcasting International cooperation
Abstract:
This book is the first to offer a global perspective on the unique contemporary media phenomenon of transnational television channels. It is also the first to compare their impact in different regions of the globe. Revealing great richness and diversity across some of the world's main geocultural regions (Europe, the Middle East, Africa, South Asia, Greater China and Latin America), international contributors with in-depth industry knowledge examine the place of these channels in the process of globalization, their impact on the nation-state and on regional culture and politics. The book also
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Contents; Tables; Acknowledgements; Chapter I. Towards an Understanding of Media Transnationalism; Chapter 2. Whoever Looks Always Finds: Transnational Viewing and Knowledge-Experience; Chapter 3. The Quiet Invention of a New Medium: Twenty Years of Transnational Television in Europe; Chapter 4. Maverick or Model? Al-Jazeera's Impact on Arab Satellite Television; Chapter 5. Transnational Television in Sub-Saharan Africa; Chapter 6. The Transnational and the National: Changing Patterns of Cultural Influence in the South Asian TV Market
Description / Table of Contents:
Chapter 7. The Transnationalization of Television: The Indian ExperienceChapter 8. Trans-border Broadcasters and TV Regionalization in Greater China: Processes and Strategies; Chapter 9. International Television Channels in the Latin American Audiovisual Space; Chapter 10. Adapting US Transnational Television Channels to a Complex World: From Cultural Imperialism to Localization to Hybridization; Notes on Contributors; Index of TV Channels and Satellite Platforms; General Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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