Broadcasting and national imagination in post-communist Latvia : defining the nation, defining public television /

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Author / Creator:	Juzefovičs, Jānis, author.
Imprint:	Bristol, UK ; Chicago, USA : Intellect, c2017.
Description:	164 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Television viewers -- Latvia -- Attitudes. Television programs -- Social aspects -- Latvia. Post-communism -- Social aspects -- Latvia. Popular culture -- Political aspects -- Latvia. Manners and customs. Politics and government. Popular culture -- Political aspects. Post-communism -- Social aspects. Television programs -- Social aspects. Television viewers -- Attitudes. Latvia -- Social life and customs -- 1991- Latvia -- Politics and government -- 1991- Latvia.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11031036

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ISBN:	9781783206919 (pbk.) 1783206918 (pbk.) 9781783206926 (ePDF) 9781783206933 (ePUB)
Notes:	Based on the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Westminster, 2014, submitted under the title: Defining the nation, defining public television : discourses of publics on public service television in post-communist Latvia. Includes bibliographical references (p. [145]-156) and index.
Summary:	This book uses the case study of public television in post-communist Latvia to explore the question of how audiences respond to TV offerings, and how their choices can be seen as an act of agency. Janis Juzefovics builds his book around Albert O. Hirschman's classic concepts of exit, voice, and loyalty the options available to a person within any system. He uses Hirschman's ideas, along with tools from social constructionism, to assess how the public has responded to the role of public television in the nation-building efforts of the new Latvian state. Along the way, he develops our understanding of public broadcasting more generally, and the way it can be used to define a national "we."

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter 1. Broadcasting and the Construction of National 'We'
Chapter 2. (Not) At Home: Public TV and Its Publics of the Ethno-linguistic Majority and Minority
Chapter 3. Television News Preferences and a Sense of Belonging: The Case of Panorama and Vremya
Chapter 4. Celebrating the Arrival of New Year Twice: Public TV and National Celebrations
Chapter 5. Popular Culture Bringing the Nation Together: The Case of Live Sports Broadcasts and the Eurovision Song Contest
Conclusion
Appendix
References
Index

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