Television
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7078341 |
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| Authors | Toby Miller (0000-0002-4957-7770, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Publication date | 2007-02-15 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | OTHER |
| Venue | The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781405165518.wbeost015 |
| OpenAlex | W4234680779 |
| ISBN | 9781405165518 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
What is television? It is an object that is produced in a factory, then distributed physically (via transportation) and virtually (via advertising). At that point it transmogrifies into a fashion statement, a privileged (or damned) piece of furniture – a status symbol. Finally, it becomes outmoded junk, full of poisons and pollutants in search of a dumping ground. In short, television has a physical existence, a history as an object of material production and consumption in addition to its renown as a site for making meaning. That renown is the focus of most sociological theory and research into the media
Advertising · Aesthetics · Art · Business · Consumption (sociology · Epistemology · Factory (object-oriented programming · Focus (optics · Meaning (existential · Media studies · Object (grammar · Physics · Point (geometry · Production (economics · Sociology · Statement (logic · Symbol (formal · Computer Science · Mathematics · Media Studies and Communication · Philosophy · Artificial Intelligence
| Highly cited | No |
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