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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Parks, Lisa (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 2005.
Series:Console-ing passions.
Subjects:
Television broadcasting > Social aspects.
Direct broadcast satellite television.
Télévision > Aspect social.
Télévision par satellite.
PSYCHOLOGY > Social Psychology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Media Studies.
Soziologie
Satellitenfernsehen
Satellitenfunk
Satelliettelevisie.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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