Transmission: Toward a Post-Television Culture
Thousand Oaks et al.: Sage, 2nd ed. (1995), xxxi, 300 pp.
Contains bibliogr. pp. 284-288, index
Series: Communication and Human Values
ISBN 0-8039-4269-9 (pbk)
"This new theory of transmission extends its vision beyond the boundaries of television to the still-shifting territories of interactive media. The chapters in Transmission investigate the impact of video and interactivity and virtual reality on the social, cultural, and economic environment of television. Comparing the recent past with the present–and the immediate future–this groundbreaking work examines aesthetic values as they are shaped by gender, race, and class issues. Since video looks at how television (mis)represents culture, Transmission examines the effects of communication tools and technologies on its participating constituents." (Publisher description)
Introduction / Peter d'Agostino and David Tafler, xiii
1 Lost Generations / Sean Cubitt, 1
2 Surrealism without the Unconscious / Fredric R Jameson, 21
3 Women Watching Television: Issues of Class, Gender and Mass Media Reception / Andrea L Press, 53
4 The Whole World Is Watching / Todd Gitlin, 91
5 Video/Television/Rodney King: Twelve Steps beyond The Pleasure Principle / Avital Ronell, 105
6 The Case of the A-Bomb Footage / Erik Barnouw, 121
7 The Television Image and Collective Amnesia: Dis(re)membering the Persian Gulf War / Marita Sturken, 135
8 Guerrilla Television / Deirdre Boyle, 151
9 Will the Revolution Be Televised? Camcorders, Activism, and Alternative Television in the 1990s / Laurie Ouellette, 165
10 The Aboriginal Invention of Television in Central Australia 1982-1986 / Eric Michaels, 189
11 Interactive Television / John Carey and Pat O'Hara, 219
12 Boundaries and Frontiers: Interactivity and Participant Experience - Building New Models and Formats / David Tafler, 235
13 Virtual Realities: Recreational Vehicles for a Post-Television Culture? / Peter d'Agostino, 269
1 Lost Generations / Sean Cubitt, 1
2 Surrealism without the Unconscious / Fredric R Jameson, 21
3 Women Watching Television: Issues of Class, Gender and Mass Media Reception / Andrea L Press, 53
4 The Whole World Is Watching / Todd Gitlin, 91
5 Video/Television/Rodney King: Twelve Steps beyond The Pleasure Principle / Avital Ronell, 105
6 The Case of the A-Bomb Footage / Erik Barnouw, 121
7 The Television Image and Collective Amnesia: Dis(re)membering the Persian Gulf War / Marita Sturken, 135
8 Guerrilla Television / Deirdre Boyle, 151
9 Will the Revolution Be Televised? Camcorders, Activism, and Alternative Television in the 1990s / Laurie Ouellette, 165
10 The Aboriginal Invention of Television in Central Australia 1982-1986 / Eric Michaels, 189
11 Interactive Television / John Carey and Pat O'Hara, 219
12 Boundaries and Frontiers: Interactivity and Participant Experience - Building New Models and Formats / David Tafler, 235
13 Virtual Realities: Recreational Vehicles for a Post-Television Culture? / Peter d'Agostino, 269
