Latin American television : a global view / John Sinclair.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sinclair, John, 1944-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Television broadcasting--Latin America.

Television broadcasting.

Latin America.

Physical Description:

vii, 187 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.

Summary:

Latin American Television makes English speakers aware of the dimensions, operation, and significance of the globalization of television in the Spanish-speaking world. Second only in scale to the market for English-language programming, the Spanish-language market embraces not just mostnations of South and Central America but also Spain, and even the United States--the sixth largest Spanish-speaking country in the world.This intercontinental space is connected physically by satellite communication, and culturally by a common language and heritage which binds it as both a `geolinguistic region' and an `imagined community' which certain media corporations, Latin American and North American, seek to exploit.A similar phenomenon with regard to Brazil and the Portuguese-speaking world is also examined, with special attention to its comparable features and points of exchange with the Spanish-speaking world. The book chronicles and analyses the development and structure of the globalization of thesemarkets as a `Latin world'.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0198159307

0198159293

OCLC:

39334893