Television: Technology and Cultural Form
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"Television: Technology and Cultural Form" is a seminal work of media theory that analyzes how television’s technological development is intertwined with social, cultural, and political forces.
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| Television: Technology and Cultural Form canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Television: Technology and Cultural Form Context triple: [Raymond Williams, notableWork, Television: Technology and Cultural Form]
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E Unibus Pluram: Television and U.S. Fiction
E Unibus Pluram: Television and U.S. Fiction is David Foster Wallace’s influential essay examining how contemporary American fiction both shapes and is shaped by the pervasive presence and ironic sensibility of television in U.S. culture.
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Media Culture: Cultural Studies, Identity and Politics Between the Modern and the Postmodern
*Media Culture: Cultural Studies, Identity and Politics Between the Modern and the Postmodern* is a critical theory book by Douglas Kellner that analyzes how contemporary media shapes cultural identities, power relations, and political life in the transition from modernity to postmodernity.
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Foundation for Broadcast Culture
The Foundation for Broadcast Culture is a South Korean public foundation that oversees and manages the cultural and public-interest mission of major broadcaster MBC.
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The Case for Video Art
"The Case for Video Art" is an educational video essay from the PBS Digital Studios series *The Art Assignment* that explores the history, significance, and key concepts of video art as a contemporary artistic medium.
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E.
Sense and Nonsense of McLuhan
Sense and Nonsense of McLuhan is a critical study by Sidney Finkelstein that analyzes and challenges the media theories of Marshall McLuhan.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Television: Technology and Cultural Form Target entity description: "Television: Technology and Cultural Form" is a seminal work of media theory that analyzes how television’s technological development is intertwined with social, cultural, and political forces.
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A.
E Unibus Pluram: Television and U.S. Fiction
E Unibus Pluram: Television and U.S. Fiction is David Foster Wallace’s influential essay examining how contemporary American fiction both shapes and is shaped by the pervasive presence and ironic sensibility of television in U.S. culture.
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B.
Media Culture: Cultural Studies, Identity and Politics Between the Modern and the Postmodern
*Media Culture: Cultural Studies, Identity and Politics Between the Modern and the Postmodern* is a critical theory book by Douglas Kellner that analyzes how contemporary media shapes cultural identities, power relations, and political life in the transition from modernity to postmodernity.
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C.
Foundation for Broadcast Culture
The Foundation for Broadcast Culture is a South Korean public foundation that oversees and manages the cultural and public-interest mission of major broadcaster MBC.
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D.
The Case for Video Art
"The Case for Video Art" is an educational video essay from the PBS Digital Studios series *The Art Assignment* that explores the history, significance, and key concepts of video art as a contemporary artistic medium.
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E.
Sense and Nonsense of McLuhan
Sense and Nonsense of McLuhan is a critical study by Sidney Finkelstein that analyzes and challenges the media theories of Marshall McLuhan.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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media theory work ⓘ non-fiction book ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
media and communication
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sociology of culture ⓘ television studies ⓘ |
| author | Raymond Williams NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorOccupation |
cultural theorist
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literary critic ⓘ |
| centralClaim |
media technologies are not neutral but socially constructed
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television is a cultural form as well as a technology ⓘ television technology is shaped by social and cultural forces ⓘ |
| conceptIntroduced |
flow as defining characteristic of television
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planned flow of television programming ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| discusses |
audience practices
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broadcasting institutions ⓘ commercial broadcasting ⓘ cultural politics of television ⓘ public service broadcasting ⓘ state regulation of broadcasting ⓘ |
| field |
communication studies
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cultural studies ⓘ media studies ⓘ |
| genre | academic literature ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Alternative Communications
NERFINISHED
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Effects and Uses NERFINISHED ⓘ Programming: Distribution and Flow ⓘ The Technology and the Society NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasReprint | Routledge 2003 edition ⓘ |
| influenced |
communication theory
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cultural studies ⓘ media studies ⓘ television studies ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Antonio Gramsci
NERFINISHED
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British cultural studies ⓘ Karl Marx ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
cultural form
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political economy of media ⓘ technology and society ⓘ television ⓘ |
| notableAs |
foundational text in television studies
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seminal work in media theory ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1974 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Fontana
NERFINISHED
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Routledge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theoreticalApproach |
Marxist cultural theory
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cultural materialism ⓘ political economy of communication ⓘ |
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