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Cultures in Orbit : Satellites and the Televisual /
In 1957 Sputnik, the world's first man-made satellite, dazzled people as it zipped around the planet. By the beginning of the twenty-first century, more than eight thousand satellites orbited the Earth, and satellite practices such as live transmission, direct broadcasting, remote sensing, and...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Durham :
Duke University Press,
[2005]
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| Colección: | Console-ing passions: television and cultural power : 49
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Satellite Spectacular. Our World and the Fantasy of Global Presence
- 2 Satellite Footprints. 47 Imparja tv and Postcolonial Flows in Australia
- 3 Satellite Witnessing. Views and Coverage of the War in Bosnia
- Satellite Archaeology. Remote Sensing Cleopatra in Egypt
- 5 Satellite Panoramas. Astronomical Observation and Remote Control
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index