The Powers of the Pokémon

Histories of Television, Histories of the Concept of Power

Datos Bibliográficos

ID5904064
AutoresMark Gibson (0000-0003-2995-760X), Mark Nicholas Gibson (0000-0003-1441-4514, autor de correspondencia)
Año2002
Volumen104
Número1
Páginas107-115
Fecha de publicación2002-08-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaMedia International Australia (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1329-878X • E-ISSN: 2200-467X
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1329878x0210400112
OpenAlexW2287863959
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas3
Referencias citadas4

Television studies has always been haunted by the concept of power, caught in a dilemma between Frankfurtian pessimism and a vulnerability to charges of a cheerful 'banality'. The paper suggests a new perspective on this problem by introducing a distinction between theories of power (in the singular) and a more differentiated attention to plural powers. The latter approach can be traced as an emerging possibility in 'post-Cold War' formations in popular culture - the example discussed here being Pokémon. The paper further suggests that television studies might learn something from this development. The way is opened, specifically, for questions of power to be considered in a historical, rather than theoretical, mode. Such an approach offers an alternative to remaining caught in what have become increasingly repetitive debates about power

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