Hitch Your Antenna to the Stars

First Published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Hitch Your Antenna to the Stars: Early Television and Broadcast Stardom

Humor & Entertainment

Murray, Susan

Radio

Routledge

Survivor. The Bachelor. Extreme Makeover. Big Brother. Joe Millionaire. American Idol. The Osbournes. It is virtually impossible to turn on a television without coming across some sort of reality programming. Yet, while this genre has rapidly moved from the fringes of television culture to its lucrative core, critical attention has not kept pace. Beginning by unearthing its historical roots in early reality shows like Candid Camera and wending its way through An American Family, Cops, and The Real World to the most recent crop of reality programs, Reality TV is the first book to address the economic, visual, cultural, and audience dimensions of reality television. The essays provide a complex and comprehensive picture of how and why this genre emerged, what it means, how it differs from earlier television programming, and how it engages societies, industries, and individuals. Topics range from the construction of televisual "reality" to the changing face of criminal violence on TV, to issues of surveillance, taste, and social control. By spanning reality television's origins in the late 1940s to its current overwhelming popularity, Reality TV demonstrates both the tenacity of the format and its enduring ability to speak to our changing political and social desires and anxieties. Contributors include: Nick Couldry, Mary Beth Haralovich, John Hartley, Chuck Kleinhans, Derek Kompare, Jon Kraszewski, Kathleen LeBesco, Justin Lewis, Ted Magder, Jennifer Maher, Anna McCarthy, Rick Morris, Chad Raphael, Elayne Rapping, Jeffrey Sconce, Michael W. Trosset, Pamela Wilson.

Reality TV: Remaking Television Culture

Television

NYU Press

Bright Signals: A History of Color Television (Sign, Storage, Transmission)

First demonstrated in 1928, color television remained little more than a novelty for decades as the industry struggled with the considerable technical, regulatory, commercial, and cultural complications posed by the medium. Only fully adopted by all three networks in the 1960s, color television was imagined as a new way of seeing that was distinct from both monochrome television and other forms of color media. It also inspired compelling popular, scientific, and industry conversations about the use and meaning of color and its effects on emotions, vision, and desire. In Bright Signals Susan Murray traces these wide-ranging debates within and beyond the television industry, positioning the story of color television, which was replete with false starts, failure, and ingenuity, as central to the broader history of twentieth-century visual culture. In so doing, she shows how color television disrupted and reframed the very idea of television while it simultaneously revealed the tensions about technology's relationship to consumerism, human sight, and the natural world.

Duke University Press Books

First demonstrated in 1928, color television remained little more than a novelty for decades as the industry struggled with the considerable technical, regulatory, commercial, and cultural complications posed by the medium. Only fully adopted by all three networks in the 1960s, color television was imagined as a new way of seeing that was distinct from both monochrome television and other forms of color media. It also inspired compelling popular, scientific, and industry conversations about the use and meaning of color and its effects on emotions, vision, and desire. In Bright Signals Susan Murray traces these wide-ranging debates within and beyond the television industry, positioning the story of color television, which was replete with false starts, failure, and ingenuity, as central to the broader history of twentieth-century visual culture. In so doing, she shows how color television disrupted and reframed the very idea of television while it simultaneously revealed the tensions about technology's relationship to consumerism, human sight, and the natural world.

The citadel has long been the stronghold of Highkell. All that is about to change because the traitor, Vasic, is marching on the capital. Against her better judgement, Queen Alwenna allows herself to be spirited away by one of the Crown's most trusted servants, safe from the clutches of the throne's would-be usurper. Fleeing across country, she quickly comes to learn that her pampered existence has ill equipped her for survival away from the comforts of the court. Alwenna must toughen up, and fast, if she is even to make it to a place of safety. But she has an even loftier aim - for after dreaming of her husband's impending death, Alwenna knows she must turn around and head back to Highkell to save the land she loves and the husband who adores her or die in the attempt. But Vasic the traitor is waiting. And this was all just as he planned. Susan Murray is a graduate of the Open University and describes herself as a "serial house renovator". She was recently longlisted for the Bristol Short Story Prize. The Waterborne Blade is her debut novel.

Waterborne Blade

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Fantasy

Angry Robot

The citadel has long been the stronghold of Highkell. All that is about to change because the traitor, Vasic, is marching on the capital. Against her better judgement, Queen Alwenna allows herself to be spirited away by one of the Crown's most trusted servants, safe from the clutches of the throne's would-be usurper.Fleeing across country, she quickly comes to learn that her pampered existence has ill-equipped her for survival away from the comforts of the court. Alwenna must toughen up, and fast, if she is even to make it to a place of safety. But she has an even loftier aim - for after dreaming of her husband's impending death, Alwenna knows she must turn around and head back to Highkell to save the land she loves, and the husband who adores her, or die in the attempt.But Vasic the traitor is waiting. And this was all just as he planned.File Under: Fantasy [ A Magical Awakening / Kissing Cousins / The King Must Die / Pregnant With Danger ]

The Waterborne Blade

Literature & Fiction

Genre Fiction

Waterborne Exile

Romance

Military

In a world of turmoil, following the king’s death, the traitor Vasic is struggling to secure his rule over the combined Peninsular Kingdoms whilst the exiled queen, Alwenna, has taken refuge with freemerchant community whose elders fear her dark power. Mistrust rules the day with bribery, drugs, traffic king of children, and murder rife throughout the kingdom. As the priestess’ plot for revenge continues, Alenn a leaves to seek the outcast group of loyal kinsman. Marten attempts to restore Alwenna to the throne but as the priestess closes in, will he succeed? File Under: Fantasy [ Unholy Office / Blood Ties / Dark Visions / Betrayals &amp; Betrothals ]

The first comprehensive exploration of counterculture in the UK from illegal raves to street art, subversive comedy and agit theatre to LGBT clubs, pop-up galleries, guerilla gigs, flash dance, digital publishing, disability arts and much more. Punk - Occupy - Rock n Roll - Brit Art - Girlpower - Zumba - how do new trends emerge? Who starts them? Who changed Britain? We did. People did. This book offers insight into the many strands which combine to create Britain today. This one-stop guide offers an entirely unique look at an integrated movement, inviting DJs, graffiti artists, musicians, writers, poets, fans, protestors and participants alike to contribute chapters including: 1. ART How the Rebels Got Rich by Mark Sheerin, arts journalist and blogger. 2.COMEDY The Changing Landscape of Comedy by Susan Murray, comedienne and MC for two of east-London’s best comedy clubs. 3. DANCE Anarchy from the Margins and Free Expression by Mark Edward, performance artist and writer. 4. DISABILITY ARTS &amp; ACTIVISM Subversion within the Secluded by Penny Pepper, performance artist and activist 5. ENVIRONMENTALISM A Way of Life by Paul Quinn, writer and editor . 6. FEMINISM Feminist Activism and its Achievements so Far by Hayley Forster da Silva, digital broadcaster, F-word contributor, spiritual healer . 7. FILM Beyond the Mainstream by Ellen Cheshire, film writer and lecturer /Subversive Cinema, Cult Film and the rise of Film Fan Communities by Dr Karen Oughton, academic and film writer . 8. LGBT CULTURE What’s Wrong with Being a Freak Anyway? by Jack Bright 9. LITERATURE Underground Publishing: Blast and Bless by Ben Graham, author, music critic and poet. 10. MUSIC Mainstream Counter-cultures: The Ultimate Mix by Em Ayson, freelance writer and cultural commentator. 11. NEGATIVE SPACE Subculture in Boom Time London by Tim Burrows, journalist and musician. 12. THEATRE Counter-cultural performances: from the 1960s to Contemporary Physical and Visual Theatre by Dr Tim Garrett, academic and journal editor . 13. YOUTUBE and SOCIAL MEDIA A New Platform by Bella Qvist, journalist and freelance writer .

Counterculture UK: A Celebration

Burrows, Tim

Khan, Coco

Quist, Bella

Pepper, Penny

Dramas & Plays

Aurora Metro Press

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Hitch Your Antenna to the Stars: Early Television and Broadcast Stardom

Hitch Your Antenna to the Stars

Reality TV: Remaking Television Culture

Bright Signals: A History of Color Television (Sign, Storage, Transmission)

Bright Signals: A History of Color Television (Sign, Storage, Transmission)

Waterborne Blade

The Waterborne Blade

Waterborne Exile

Waterborne Exile

Counterculture UK: A Celebration