About the book
This innovative collection investigates the ways in which television programs around the world have highlighted modernization and encouraged nation-building. It is an attempt to catalogue and better understand the contours of this phenomenon, which took place as television developed and expanded in different parts of the world between the 1950s and the 1990s. From popular science and adult education shows to news magazines and television plays, few themes so thoroughly penetrated the small screen for so many years as modernization, with television producers and state authorities using television programs to bolster modernization efforts. Contributors analyze the hallmarks of these media efforts: nation-building, consumerism and consumer culture, the education and integration of citizens, and the glorification of the nation’s technological achievements.
Editions of Modernization, Nation-Building, and Television History
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- ISBN 9781317677994
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This innovative collection investigates the ways in which television programs around the world have highlighted modernization and encouraged nation-building. It is an attempt to catalogue and better understand the contours of this phenomenon, which took place as television developed and expanded in different parts of the world between the 1950s and the 1990s. From popular science and adult education shows to news magazines and television plays, few themes so thoroughly penetrated the small screen for so many years as modernization, with television producers and state authorities using television programs to bolster modernization efforts. Contributors analyze the hallmarks of these media efforts: nation-building, consumerism and consumer culture, the education and integration of citizens, and the glorification of the nation’s technological achievements.
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What is Modernization, Nation-Building, and Television History about?
This innovative collection investigates the ways in which television programs around the world have highlighted modernization and encouraged nation-building. It is an attempt to catalogue and better understand the contours of this phenomenon, which took place as television developed and expanded in different parts of the world between the 1950s and the 1990s. From popular science and adult education shows to news magazines and television plays, few themes so thoroughly penetrated the small screen for so many years as modernization, with television producers and state authorities using television programs to bolster modernization efforts. Contributors analyze the hallmarks of these media efforts: nation-building, consumerism and consumer culture, the education and integration of citizens, and the glorification of the nation’s technological achievements.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Modernization, Nation-Building, and Television History?
Society and Social Sciences > Society and culture: general > Cultural and media studies > Media studies
Where can I read a sample of Modernization, Nation-Building, and Television History?
You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9781317677987
Is Modernization, Nation-Building, and Television History part of a series, and can it be read as a standalone?
Yes it is a part of series Routledge Advances in Internationalizing Media Studies
Who is/are the Author/s of the book Modernization, Nation-Building, and Television History?
Melissa Chakars, Stewart Anderson
Who is the Publisher of the book Modernization, Nation-Building, and Television History?
Taylor and Francis
What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?
Modernization, Nation-Building, and Television History is available as ebook(ISBN 9781317677987) and pdf(ISBN 9781317677994)