Cable Visions - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Cable Visions write by Sarah Banet-Weiser. This book was released on 2007-09. Cable Visions available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Looks beyond broadcasting's mainstream, toward cable's alternatives, to critically consider the capacity of commercial media to serve the public interest. This work offers an overview of the industry's history and regulatory trends, case studies of cable newcomers aimed at niche markets, and analyses of programming forms introduced by cable TV.
Republic on the Wire
Republic on the Wire - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Republic on the Wire write by John McMurria. This book was released on 2017-02. Republic on the Wire available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The history of cable television in America is far older than networks like MTV, ESPN, and HBO, which are so familiar to us today. Tracing the origins of cable TV back to the late 1940s, media scholar John McMurria also locates the roots of many current debates about premium television, cultural elitism, minority programming, content restriction, and corporate ownership. Republic on the Wire takes us back to the pivotal years in which media regulators and members of the viewing public presciently weighed the potential benefits and risks of a two-tiered television system, split between free broadcasts and pay cable service. Digging into rare archives, McMurria reconstructs the arguments of policymakers, whose often sincere advocacy for the public benefits of cable television were fueled by cultural elitism and the priority to maintain order during a period of urban Black rebellions. He also tells the story of the people of color, rural residents, women’s groups, veterans, seniors, and low-income viewers who challenged this reasoning and demanded an equal say over the future of television. By excavating this early cable history, and placing equality at the center of our understanding of media democracy, Republic on the Wire is a real eye-opener as it develops a new methodology for studying media policy in the past and present.
Cable Guys
Cable Guys - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Cable Guys write by Amanda D. Lotz. This book was released on 2014-03-31. Cable Guys available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The emergence of "male-centered serials" such as The Shield, Rescue Me, and Sons Of Anarchy and the challenges these characters face in negotiating modern masculinities. From the meth-dealing but devoted family man Walter White of AMC’s Breaking Bad, to the part-time basketball coach, part-time gigolo Ray Drecker of HBO’s Hung, depictions of male characters perplexed by societal expectations of men and anxious about changing American masculinity have become standard across the television landscape. Engaging with a wide variety of shows, including The League, Dexter, and Nip/Tuck, among many others, Amanda D. Lotz identifies the gradual incorporation of second-wave feminism into prevailing gender norms as the catalyst for the contested masculinities on display in contemporary cable dramas. Examining the emergence of “male-centered serials” such as The Shield, Rescue Me, and Sons of Anarchy and the challenges these characters face in negotiating modern masculinities, Lotz analyzes how these shows combine feminist approaches to fatherhood and marriage with more traditional constructions of masculine identity that emphasize men’s role as providers. She explores the dynamics of close male friendships both in groups, as in Entourage and Men of a Certain Age, wherein characters test the boundaries between the homosocial and homosexual in their relationships with each other, and in the dyadic intimacy depicted in Boston Legal and Scrubs. Cable Guys provides a much needed look into the under-considered subject of how constructions of masculinity continue to evolve on television.
Cable and X-Force Vol. 3
Cable and X-Force Vol. 3 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Cable and X-Force Vol. 3 write by Dennis Hopeless. This book was released on 2014-08-13. Cable and X-Force Vol. 3 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Collects Cable and X-Force #10-14. As tensions rise between Cable's X-Force and the Uncanny Avengers, Cable's precognitive visions grow increasingly relentless. X-Force must race against the clock to stop each terrible vision from coming true - but what happens if they fail? As the stakes grow higher, Domino and Colossus team up for the heist of the century...but their mounting feelings for one another might keep them from pulling off the mission! And when Cable and Havok come face to face, can Cable convince his uncle that his cause is just? Elsewhere, Hope embarks upon a futuristic adventure with an unexpected mentor.
Visions of Cablevision
Visions of Cablevision - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Visions of Cablevision write by Robert L. Steiner. This book was released on 1973. Visions of Cablevision available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
