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<p>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.</p> <p>With historical, critical, and speculative essays by some of the leading television and media scholars, <i>Television after TV</i> 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, t

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Author

Lynn Spigel and Jan Olsson

Publisher

Duke University Press Books

Published

2004

Language

EN

ISBN

9780822386278

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Science, Sociology, History