Live Television: Time, Space and the Broadcast Event (Media Culture & Society series) [Paperback]

Stephanie Marriott (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 7, 2007 | ISBN-10: 0761959106 | ISBN-13: 978-0761959106

In this fascinating and accessible book, author Stephanie Marriott engages in a close and detailed analysis of the nature of live television. The book examines the transformations in our experience of time and space which are brought about by the capacity of broadcasting to bring us the world in the moment in which it is unfolding, situating the live television event in the context of an expanding and increasingly complex global communicative framework. Building her argument by means of a series of case studies of events as diverse as the assassination of President Kennedy in 1963, the attack on the World Trade Centre in 2001, the 2005 London bombings, election night coverage and live sports coverage, the author provides a meticulous and articulate account of the way in which live television mediates the event for its audience.

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Stephanie Marriott builds her argument by means of a series of case studies of events as diverse as the assassination of President Kennedy in 1963, the attack on the World Trade Centre in 2001, the 2005 London bombings, election night coverage and live sports coverage, Marriott provides a meticulous and articulate account of the way in which live television mediates the event for its audience.

Product Details

• Paperback: 152 pages
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd (December 7, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0761959106
• ISBN-13: 978-0761959106
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.7 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,658,224 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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