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Tag archive for ‘Globalization’

<p></p><p>La televisión cultural mexicana

La televisión cultural mexicana

by: Florence Toussaint / Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Aunque la televisión cultural permanece en distintos lugares, los vaivenes de la política la han mantenido
en un permanente desasosiego. / Although cultural television survives in certain places, inconsistent
policies have left it in a permanent state of anxiety.

<p></p><p>La telenovela mexicana en el ciberespacio

La telenovela mexicana en el ciberespacio

by: Claudia Benassini Félix / Tecnológico de Monterrey, State of Mexico
La telenovela mexicana es uno de los productos más exitosos de la televisión nacional pero también enfrenta
la competencia de otros países. / Telenovelas represent one of the most successful products to emerge from Mexico’s television industry, but they have always faced competition from other countries.

<p></p><p>When the Whole World is Watching: The Case of <em>Celebrity Big Brother</em>

When the Whole World is Watching: The Case of Celebrity Big Brother

by: Sarita Malik / Brunel University
Now that we can begin to look back at Celebrity Big Brother in less impulsive, more diagnostic ways, the major upshot – aside from a surefire boost to Shilpa Shetty’s international career following her win –
should be the critical attention paid to Channel 4’s role.

<p></p><p>When Mullahs Ride the Airwaves: Muslim Televangelists and the Saudi Connection

When Mullahs Ride the Airwaves: Muslim Televangelists and the Saudi Connection

by: Nabil Echchaibi / Indiana University-Bloomington
An examination of Irqa’ TV’s role in the promotion of Islam in a post-9/11 media landscape.

<p></p><p>To Have and Have not (You Don’t Know What You’ve Got Till It’s Gone)

To Have and Have not (You Don’t Know What You’ve Got Till It’s Gone)

by: John Hartley / Queensland University of Technology
The afterlife of Dead Like Me on Australian cable television and the pleasures and perturbances of watching an already-in-the-grave series.

<p></p><p>Global Television and Multiple Layers of Identity

Global Television and Multiple Layers of Identity

by: Joseph D. Straubhaar / University of Texas-Austin
How do we relate to increased local, regional, national, and global television flows?

<p></p><p>The Seeds of Doom?

The Seeds of Doom?

by: Derek Kompare / Southern Methodist University
What the new Doctor Who can tell us about the machinations of cultural globalization.

The Indianization of Indian Television

by: John Sinclair / University of Melbourne
It is now almost a decade and a half since international satellite services were first seen via cable to the home in India, inaugurating an era of the profusion of private channels in a society that had previously only known a government-controlled national broadcasting network, Doordarshan.

<p></p><p>Who Wants to be a Crorepati?: Global Television and Local Genres in India

Who Wants to be a Crorepati?: Global Television and Local Genres in India

by: Shanti Kumar / University of Texas-Austin
In 2000, when Star Plus Channel launched Kaun Banega Crorepati? (KBC), the Indian version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, the show quickly became the biggest hit on Indian television.

Going Through the Paces

by: Mimi White / Northwestern University
I have been thinking about the pace of television, and wondering if I even know what the pace of television is.

Taming the Global on Italian Television

by: Michela Ardizzoni / Indiana University
The famous Dutch television producer, Endemol, will probably go down in the annals of history as a catalyst of standardized television programming across the globe.