Television Histories in Asia: Issues and Contexts

Book Overview

This book presents an analysis of television histories across India, China, Taiwan, Singapore, Indonesia, Japan, Hong Kong, the Philippines, Malaysia and Bhutan. It offers a set of standard data on the history of television's cultural, industrial and political structures in each specific national context, allowing for cross-regional comparative analysis. Each chapter presents a case study on a salient aspect of contemporary television culture of the nation in question, such as analyses of ideology in television content in Japan and Singapore, and transformations of industry structure vis- -vis state versus market control in China and Taiwan. The book provides a comprehensive overview of TV histories in Asia as well as a survey of current issues and concerns in Asian television cultures and their social and political impact.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415855365
• ISBN13: 9780415855365
• Release Date: July 2015
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.6"