From Republic of Letters to Television Republic? Citizen readers in the era of broadcast television
Hartley, John (2004) From Republic of Letters to Television Republic? Citizen readers in the era of broadcast television. In Spigel, Lynn & Olsson, Jan (Eds.) Television after TV : Essays on a Medium in Transition. Duke University Press, Durham, USA, pp. 386-417.
Abstract
In the last ten years, television has reinvented itself in numerous ways. The demise of the U.S. three-network system, the rise of multi-channel cable and global satellite delivery, changes in regulation policies and ownership rules, technological innovations in screen design, and the development of digital systems like TiVo have combined to transform the practice we call watching tv. If tv refers to the technologies, program forms, government policies, and practices of looking associated with the medium in its classic public service and three-network age, it appears that we are now entering a new phase of television. Exploring these changes, the essays in this collection consider the future of television in the United States and Europe and the scholarship and activism focused on it.
With historical, critical, and speculative essays by some of the leading television and media scholars, Television after TV examines both commercial and public service traditions and evaluates their dual (and some say merging) fates in our global, digital culture of convergence. The essays explore a broad range of topics, including contemporary programming and advertising strategies, the use of television and the Internet among diasporic and minority populations, the innovations of new technologies like TiVo, the rise of program forms from reality tv to lifestyle programs, television’s changing role in public places and at home, the Internet’s use as a means of social activism, and television’s role in education and the arts. In dialogue with previous media theorists and historians, the contributors collectively rethink the goals of media scholarship, pointing toward new ways of accounting for television’s past, present, and future.
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| ID Code: | 9805 |
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| Item Type: | Book Chapter |
| Additional Information: | For more information about this book please refer to the publisher's website (see link) or contact the author. |
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| ISBN: | 0822333937 |
| Divisions: | Current > QUT Faculties and Divisions > Creative Industries Faculty |
| Copyright Owner: | Copyright 2004 Duke University Press |
| Deposited On: | 27 Sep 2007 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Feb 2012 19:57 |
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