Television Histories in Asia

Television Histories in Asia
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 249
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ISBN-10 : 9781135008079
ISBN-13 : 1135008078
Rating : 4/5 (79 Downloads)

Synopsis Television Histories in Asia by : Jinna Tay

This book presents an analysis of television histories across India, China, Taiwan, Singapore, Indonesia, Japan, Hong Kong, the Philippines, Malaysia and Bhutan. It offers a set of standard data on the history of television’s cultural, industrial and political structures in each specific national context, allowing for cross-regional comparative analysis. Each chapter presents a case study on a salient aspect of contemporary television culture of the nation in question, such as analyses of ideology in television content in Japan and Singapore, and transformations of industry structure vis-à-vis state versus market control in China and Taiwan. The book provides a comprehensive overview of TV histories in Asia as well as a survey of current issues and concerns in Asian television cultures and their social and political impact.

Television Histories in Asia

Television Histories in Asia
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 378
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ISBN-10 : 9781135008062
ISBN-13 : 113500806X
Rating : 4/5 (62 Downloads)

Synopsis Television Histories in Asia by : Jinna Tay

This book presents an analysis of television histories across India, China, Taiwan, Singapore, Indonesia, Japan, Hong Kong, the Philippines, Malaysia and Bhutan. It offers a set of standard data on the history of television’s cultural, industrial and political structures in each specific national context, allowing for cross-regional comparative analysis. Each chapter presents a case study on a salient aspect of contemporary television culture of the nation in question, such as analyses of ideology in television content in Japan and Singapore, and transformations of industry structure vis-à-vis state versus market control in China and Taiwan. The book provides a comprehensive overview of TV histories in Asia as well as a survey of current issues and concerns in Asian television cultures and their social and political impact.

Global Media

Global Media
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 302
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ISBN-10 : 9781136090820
ISBN-13 : 1136090827
Rating : 4/5 (20 Downloads)

Synopsis Global Media by : James D. White

This book is about the processes of globalization, demonstrated through a comparative study of three television case histories in Asia. Also illustrated are different approaches to providing television services in the world: public service (NHK in Japan), state (CCTV in China) and commercial (STAR TV, based in Hong Kong). Through its focus, Global Media addresses a considerable lacuna in the media studies literature, which tends to have a heavy Western bias. It provides an original addition to the literature on globalization, which is often abstract and anecdotal, in addition to making a major contribution to comparative research in Asia. Finally, it offers a thoughtful causal layered analysis, with a concluding argument in favor of public service television.

Television at Large in South Asia

Television at Large in South Asia
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 186
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ISBN-10 : 9781317704119
ISBN-13 : 1317704118
Rating : 4/5 (19 Downloads)

Synopsis Television at Large in South Asia by : Aswin Punathambekar

This book explores the empirical and theoretical significance of understanding television as a dynamic technology, a creative industry, and a vibrant cultural form that is "at large" in South Asia. Bringing together prominent scholars who have shaped television studies in South Asia, as well as emerging scholars who address new topics, this book decisively positions television as a key site in the study of South Asian History and Culture. In doing so, it also positions the study of television in South Asia and the South Asian diaspora as crucial in the rethinking of global television history and opens up new directions for the future of television studies. This volume will be essential reading for scholars and teachers of media and communication studies, media history, anthropology, and sociology, besides being of great interest to policymakers and media professionals. This book was originally published as a special issue of South Asian History and Culture.

Reading Asian Television Drama

Reading Asian Television Drama
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 075569726X
ISBN-13 : 9780755697267
Rating : 4/5 (6X Downloads)

Synopsis Reading Asian Television Drama by : Jeongmee Kim

"Reading Asian Television Drama offers an informative overview of East Asian television drama and its cultural impact. It examines both the text and context of TV dramas from such countries as Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, China and South Korea. Chapters analyse various internationally popular dramas including South Korean 'hallyu' shows like Jewel in the Palace, Winter Sonata and Wedding. Other chapters focu on Asian TV networks within Asia, as well as Asian global cultural exchange and the international consumption of East-Asian television drama. They also provide full and varied coverage of the major issues relating to contemporary East Asian television and its cultural formation within Asia as well as in the West."--The back cover.

Genre in Asian Film and Television

Genre in Asian Film and Television
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Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 263
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ISBN-10 : 9780230301900
ISBN-13 : 0230301908
Rating : 4/5 (00 Downloads)

Synopsis Genre in Asian Film and Television by : F. Chan

Genre in Asian Film and Television takes a dynamic approach to the study of Asian screen media previously under-represented in academic writing. It combines historical overviews of developments within national contexts with detailed case studies on the use of generic conventions and genre hybridity in contemporary films and television programmes.

A Nation of a Hundred Million Idiots?

A Nation of a Hundred Million Idiots?
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 369
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ISBN-10 : 9781135869779
ISBN-13 : 1135869774
Rating : 4/5 (79 Downloads)

Synopsis A Nation of a Hundred Million Idiots? by : Jayson Makoto Chun

In a comparatively short period, the television industry helped to reconstruct not only postwar Japanese popular culture, but also the Japanese social and political landscape. This book offers a history of Japanese television audiences and the popular media culture that television helped to spawn.

Techno-Orientalism

Techno-Orientalism
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Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 9780813575551
ISBN-13 : 0813575559
Rating : 4/5 (51 Downloads)

Synopsis Techno-Orientalism by : David S. Roh

What will the future look like? To judge from many speculative fiction films and books, from Blade Runner to Cloud Atlas, the future will be full of cities that resemble Tokyo, Hong Kong, and Shanghai, and it will be populated mainly by cold, unfeeling citizens who act like robots. Techno-Orientalism investigates the phenomenon of imagining Asia and Asians in hypo- or hyper-technological terms in literary, cinematic, and new media representations, while critically examining the stereotype of Asians as both technologically advanced and intellectually primitive, in dire need of Western consciousness-raising. The collection’s fourteen original essays trace the discourse of techno-orientalism across a wide array of media, from radio serials to cyberpunk novels, from Sax Rohmer’s Dr. Fu Manchu to Firefly. Applying a variety of theoretical, historical, and interpretive approaches, the contributors consider techno-orientalism a truly global phenomenon. In part, they tackle the key question of how these stereotypes serve to both express and assuage Western anxieties about Asia’s growing cultural influence and economic dominance. Yet the book also examines artists who have appropriated techno-orientalist tropes in order to critique racist and imperialist attitudes. Techno-Orientalism is the first collection to define and critically analyze a phenomenon that pervades both science fiction and real-world news coverage of Asia. With essays on subjects ranging from wartime rhetoric of race and technology to science fiction by contemporary Asian American writers to the cultural implications of Korean gamers, this volume offers innovative perspectives and broadens conventional discussions in Asian American Cultural studies.

Television at Large in South Asia

Television at Large in South Asia
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 275
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781317704102
ISBN-13 : 131770410X
Rating : 4/5 (02 Downloads)

Synopsis Television at Large in South Asia by : Aswin Punathambekar

This book explores the empirical and theoretical significance of understanding television as a dynamic technology, a creative industry, and a vibrant cultural form that is "at large" in South Asia. Bringing together prominent scholars who have shaped television studies in South Asia, as well as emerging scholars who address new topics, this book decisively positions television as a key site in the study of South Asian History and Culture. In doing so, it also positions the study of television in South Asia and the South Asian diaspora as crucial in the rethinking of global television history and opens up new directions for the future of television studies. This volume will be essential reading for scholars and teachers of media and communication studies, media history, anthropology, and sociology, besides being of great interest to policymakers and media professionals. This book was originally published as a special issue of South Asian History and Culture.

The Television History Book

The Television History Book
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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages : 176
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781839024672
ISBN-13 : 1839024674
Rating : 4/5 (72 Downloads)

Synopsis The Television History Book by : Michele Hilmes

Traces the history of broadcasting and the infludence developments in broadcasting have had over our social, cultural and economic practices. Examining the broadcasting traditions of the UK and USA, 'The Television History Book' make connections between events and tendencies that both unite and differentiate these national broadcasting traditions.