Christophers, Brett, 1971-

Envisioning media power : on capital and geographies of television / Brett Christophers - Lanham : Lexington Books, 2009 - xiv, 467 p. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index

Knowing the television economy. Enframing creativity -- Television's economy and the power of the geographical imagination -- Knowledge travels -- Conclusion to part I -- Capitalizing and circulating power. Power, scarcity and a'spatial fix' -- Television's local power relations -- Power and program pricing in international markets -- Circuits of capital -- Mirrors, meters and media power -- Conclusion to part II -- From space to place. Geopolitics -- Putting television in its place -- The political economy of place in programming -- Conclusion to part III -- Afterword: into the home of media power -- Closing remarks

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Television broadcasting--Economic aspects