Description |
vii, 368 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- pt. 1. Institutions and audiences -- Introduction -- 1. The moms 'n' pops of CATV / Megan Mullen -- 2. A taste of class : pay-TV and the commodification of television in Postwar America / John McMurria -- 3. Cable's digital future / Francois Bar and Jonathan Taplin -- 4. If it's not TV, what is it? the case of U.S. subscription television / Amanda D. Lotz -- 5. Where the cable ends : television in fringe areas / Lisa Parks -- pt. 2. Channels -- Introduction -- 6. Discovery's Wild Discovery : the growth and globalization of TV's animal genres / Cynthia Chris -- 7. Tunnel vision and food : a political-economic analysis of Food Network / Cheri Ketchum -- 8. Target market black : BET and the branding of African-America / Beretta E. Smith-Shomade -- 9. Monolingualism, biculturalism, and cable TV : HBO Latino and the promise of the multiplex / Katynka Z. Martinez -- 10. Gay programming, gay publics : public and private tensions in lesbian and gay cable channels / Anthony Freitas -- 11. The Nickelodeon brand : buying and selling the audience / Sarah Banet-Weiser -- |
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pt. 3. Cable programs : the platinum age of television? -- Introduction -- 12. Cable watching : HBO, The Sopranos, and discourses of distinction / Dana Polan -- 13. Bank tellers and flag wavers : cable news in the United States / Toby Miller -- 14. Dualcasting : Bravo's gay programming and the quest for women audiences / Katherine Sender -- 15. I'm rich, bitch!!! comedy of Chappelle's show / Christine Acham -- 16. The WWE's global reach : Latino fans and wrestlers / Ellen Seiter -- About the contributors -- Index. |
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The moms 'n' pops of CATV / Megan Mullen -- A taste of class : pay-TV and the commodification of television in Postwar America / John McMurria -- Cable's digital future / Francois Bar & Jonathan Taplin -- If it's not TV, what is it? the case of U.S. subscription television / Amanda D. Lotz -- Where the cable ends : television in fringe areas / Lisa Parks -- Discovery's Wild Discovery : the growth and globalization of TV's animal genres / Cynthia Chris -- Tunnel vision and food : a political-economic analysis of Food Network / Cheri Ketchum -- Target market black : BET and the branding of African-America / Beretta E. Smith-Shomade -- Monolingualism, biculturalism, and cable TV : HBO Latino and the promise of the multiplex / Katynka Z. Martinez -- Gay programming, gay publics : public and private tensions in lesbian and gay cable channels / Anthony Freitas -- The Nickelodeon brand : buying and selling the audience / Sarah Banet-Weiser -- Cable watching : HBO, The Sopranos, and discourses of distinction / Dana Polan -- Bank tellers and flag wavers : cable news in the United States / Toby Miller -- Dualcasting : Bravo's gay programming and the quest for women audiences / Katherine Sender -- I'm rich, bitch!!! comedy of Chappelle's show / Christine Acham -- The WWE's global reach : Latino fans and wrestlers / Ellen Seiter. |
Subject |
Cable television -- United States.
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Added Author |
Banet-Weiser, Sarah, 1966-
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Chris, Cynthia, 1961-
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Freitas, Anthony.
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ISBN |
9780814799499 cloth alkaline paper |
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0814799493 cloth alkaline paper |
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9780814799505 paperback alkaline paper |
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0814799507 paperback alkaline paper |
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