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Häftad (Paperback / softback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
288
Utgivningsdatum
2012-06-18
Förlag
Rutgers University Press
Medarbetare
Schwoch, James
Illustrationer
8 illustrations
Dimensioner
229 x 152 x 19 mm
Vikt
481 g
Antal komponenter
1
Komponenter
2:B&W 6 x 9 in or 229 x 152 mm Perfect Bound on Creme w/Gloss Lam
ISBN
9780813552743

Down to Earth

Satellite Technologies, Industries, and Cultures

av Lisa Parks, James Schwoch
Häftad,  Engelska, 2012-06-18
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Down to Earth presents the first comprehensive overview of the geopolitical maneuvers, financial investments, technological innovations, and ideological struggles that take place behind the scenes of the satellite industry. Satellite projects that have not received extensive coveragemicrosatellites in China, WorldSpace in South Africa, SiriusXM, the failures of USA 193 and Cosmos 954, and Iridiumare explored. This collection takes readers on a voyage through a truly global industry, from the sites where satellites are launched to the corporate clean rooms where they are designed, and along the orbits and paths that satellites traverse. Combining a practical introduction to the mechanics of the satellite industry, a history of how its practices and technologies have evolved, and a sophisticated theoretical analysis of satellite cultures, Down to Earth opens up a new space for global media studies.
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"Useful for readers interested in the evolution of media-oriented satellites and the cultures they serve. Recommended." * Choice * "Grounded in fact and garnished with theory, this volume both excites and builds on a renewed appreciation for satellitesa treasurehouse of materials for people who want to figure out the technical colonization of the air!" -- John Durham Peters * author of Speaking into the Air * "Philosophers have looked upward into the starry heavens and been filled with wonder and awe. Down to Earth reverses the gaze, revealing how satellites impinge on so many aspects of our lives. Read it before Skynet goes online." -- James Der Derian * Brown University *

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LISA PARKS is a professor of film and media studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She is the author of Cultures in Orbit:Satellites and the Televisual and coeditor of Planet TV: A Global Television Reader. JAMES SCHWOCH is the senior associate dean for the School of Communication at Northwestern University in Qatar, and a professor at Northwestern University. His research explores the nexus of global media, media history, international studies, and global security.

Innehållsförteckning

Acknowledgments Introduction I Concepts and Cartographies 1. The Invention of Air Space, Outer Space, and Cyberspace 2. Dethroning the View from Above 3. The Geostationary Orbit 4. Freedom to Communicate 5. The NAVSTAR Global Positioning System 6. Satellites, Oil, and Footprints II Satellite Mediascapes 7. From Satellite to Screen 8. Beyond the Terrestrial? 9. Crossing Borders 10. WorldSpace Satellite Radio and the South African Footprint 11. Content vs. Delivery III Orbital Matters 12. When Satellites Fall 13. AFP-731 or The Other Night Sky 14. Microsatellites 15. Disjecta Membra, the Krmn Line, and the 38th Parallel Contributors Index

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