Television Audiences Across the World: Deconstructing the Ratings Machine

Book Overview

This book is the first to deal with the world composition of television ratings. It focuses on the peoplemeter, a 25 year old technology which succeeds in homogenizing very different populations and television practices. It provides a fascinating account of the production of figures on which the whole world of popular culture depends.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349466336
• ISBN13: 9781349466337
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 274 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"