The attractions of television
Reconsidering liveness
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20088102 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Arlene Dávila (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Pages | 89-106 |
| Publication date | 2004-11-23 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | MediaSpace (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.4324/9780203010228-8 |
| OpenAlex | W3005953050 |
| ISBN | 9780203010228 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
The television coverage of the launch and explosion of the space shuttle Challenger on 28 January 1986 is considered an exemplary moment of television (Doane 1990; Mellencamp 1990; Penley 1997). The launch was televised live, with great fanfare, because it was the culmination of NASA’s ‘Teacher in Space’ program. In the wake of the explosion, the major US news networks switched into ‘disaster’ mode, preempting regular programming and forgoing commercial breaks to examine an event that was immediately characterized as a national tragedy. The networks rushed to set in place the appropriate apparatus for this mode of reporting, contacting experts from across the country, establishing the necessary terrestrial and satellite links, and so on. In televisual terms, the response to the significant technological failure represented by the Challenger explosion was the activation of an equally impressive, if less immediately visible, technological apparatus
Advertising · Business · Liveness · Programming language · Computer Science · Media Studies and Communication
| Citations per year | 0.27 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2015 - 2016 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |