Television Studies After TV: Understanding Television in the Post-Broadcast Era

Introduction.  Graeme Turner and Jinna Tay  Part I: What is Television?  Introduction to Part I  1. Matrix Media. Michael Curtin  2. Less Popular but More Democratic? Corrie, Clarkson and the Dancing Cru. John Hartley  3. The Twenty-First Century Telescreen. Mark Andrejevic  4. Screens: Television’s Dispersed ‘Broadcast’. P. David Marshall.  Part II: The Function of Post-Broadcast Television.  Introduction to Part II  5. Television and the Nation: Does This Matter Any More? Graeme Turner  6. Between the Public and the Private: Television Drama and Global Partnerships in the Neo-Network Era. Serra Tinic  7. Approach with Caution and Proceed with Care: Campaigning for the US Presidency ‘After’ TV. Toby Miller  8. Reinventing Television: The Work of the ‘Innovation’ Unit. Stuart Cunningham.  Part III: Television and Social Change.  Introduction to Part III  9. Television Culture with ‘Chinese Characteristics’: The Politics of Compassion and Education. Wanning Sun and Yuezhi Zhao  10. Television in Chinese Geo-Linguistic Market: Deregulation, Reregulation and Market Forces in the Post-Broadcast Era. Jinna Tay  11. Television in the Balkans: The Rise of Commercial Nationalism. Zala Volcic  12. Anachronism, Apologetics and Robin Hood: Televisual Nationhood after TV. Stephanie Hemelryk Donald.  Part IV: Television Content: What’s on Now?  Introduction to Part IV  13. Latin America’s Impact on World Television Markets. John Sinclair  14. Reasserting the National? Program Formats, International Television and Domestic Culture. Albert Moran  15. From Monopoly to Polyphony: India in the Era of Television. Adrian Mabbott Athique  16. Fragmentation or Consolidation? Factors in the Oprah-ization of Social Talk on Multi-Channel Arab TV. Naomi Sakr  17. Globalizing Televised Culture: The Case of China. Anthony Fung.  Bibliography.  Index