The Poverty of Television

The Poverty of Television
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Publisher : Anthem Press
Total Pages : 227
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ISBN-10 : 9781783084449
ISBN-13 : 1783084448
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Book Synopsis The Poverty of Television by : Jonathan Corpus Ong

Download or read book The Poverty of Television written by Jonathan Corpus Ong and published by Anthem Press. This book was released on 2015-05-15 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on a 20-month ethnographic study of television and audiences in class-divided Philippines, this is the first book to take a bottom-up approach in considering how people respond to images and narratives of suffering and poverty on television. The book aims to contribute to the broader project of de-Westernizing media studies and explore the tension between ethical prescription and anthropological description in the social sciences and humanities. Winner of the 2016 Philippine Social Science Council Excellence in Research Award.


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