Ott, Brian
The Small Screen: How Television Equips Us to Live in the Information Age
Television is one of the most important socializing forces in contemporary culture. This book is a cultural history of prime-time television in America during the 1990s.
- Examines changes that took place in programming, such as the rapid adoption of cable, the proliferation of content providers, the development of niche marketing, the introduction of high-definition television, the blurring of traditional genres, and the creation of new formats like reality-based programming
- Argues that television programmes of the 1990s afforded viewers a symbolic resource for negotiating the psychological challenges associated with the shift from the Industrial Age to the Information Age
- Explores the ways in which television provided viewers with tools for coming to terms with their fears about living in the fast-paced , increasingly diverse, information-laden society of the 90s
Keywords: PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / History & Criticism PER004030
- Author(s)
- Ott, Brian
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
- Publication year
- 2008
- Language
- en
- Edition
- 1
- Page amount
- 216 pages
- Category
- Art, Art History
- Format
- Ebook
- eISBN (PDF)
- 9780470766378
- Printed ISBN
- 9781405161541