Cultures in Orbit : Satellites and the Televisual /

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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Parks, Lisa (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Durham : Duke University Press, 2005.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Satellitenfunk
Satellitenfernsehen
Soziologie
Satelliettelevisie.
Television broadcasting > Social aspects.
Direct broadcast satellite television.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Media Studies.
PSYCHOLOGY > Social Psychology.
Television par satellite.
Television > Aspect social.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Satellite spectacular : our world and the fantasy of global presence
  • Satellite footprints : Imparja TV and postcolonial flows in Australia
  • Satellite witnessing : views and coverage of the war in Bosnia
  • Satellite archaeology : remote sensing Cleopatra in Egypt
  • Satellite panoramas : astronomical observation and remote control
  • Conclusion.

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