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Cultures in Orbit: Satellites and the Televisual » (1st Edition)
Authors: Lisa Ann Parks, Parks, Lynn Spigel
ISBN-13: 9780822334972, ISBN-10: 0822334976
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Duke University Press Books
Date Published: January 2005
Edition: 1st Edition
Author Biography: Lisa Ann Parks
Lisa Parks is Associate Professor of Film and Media Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She is a coeditor of Planet TV: A Global Television Reader.
Book Synopsis
Argues that satellites are not a transparent form of distribution of information, but rather that they produce specific media practices and modes of production.
Table of Contents
| Satellite spectacular : our world and the fantasy of global presence | 21 | |
| Satellite footprints : Imparja TV and postcolonial flows in Australia | 47 | |
| Satellite witnessing : views and coverage of the war in Bosnia | 77 | |
| Satellite archaeology : remote sensing Cleopatra in Egypt | 109 | |
| Satellite panoramas : astronomical observation and remote control | 139 |
Subjects
Engineering
Telecommunications Television Technology
Entertainment Television Television Broadcasting - Social Aspects
Nonfiction Entertainment Television
Telecommunications Television TechnologyEntertainment
Television Television Broadcasting - Social AspectsNonfiction
Entertainment Television
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