Television truths / John Hartley.

Author/creator Hartley, John, 1948-
Format Book
Publication InfoMalden, MA ; Oxford : Blackwell, Pub., 2008.
Descriptionxii, 290 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
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Subjects

Contents Television truths (Argumentation of TV) -- Part I: Is TV True? (Epistemology of TV) -- The value chain of meaning -- Public address systems: time, space, and frequency -- Television and globalization -- Part II: Is TV a Polity? (Ethics/Politics of TV) -- Television, nation, and indigenous media -- A television republic? -- Reality and the Plebiscite -- Part III: Is TV Beautiful? (Aesthetics of TV) -- From a "Wandering Booby" to a Field of Cows: the television Live Event -- Shakespeare, Big Brother, and the Taming of the Self -- Sync or swim? Plebiscitary sport and synchronized voting -- Part IV: What Can TV Be? (Metaphysics of TV) -- "Laughs and Legends" or the furniture that glows? Televison as history -- Television in knowledge paradigms.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 261-271) and index.
LCCN 2007014548
ISBN9781405169790 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN1405169796 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN9781405169806 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN140516980X (hardcover : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks PN 1992.6 .H366 2008 ✔ Available Place Hold