Television, Japan, and Globalization - 9781929280599

Television, Japan, and GlobalizationAuthor(s): Mitsuhiro Yoshimoto, Eva Tsai, JungBong Choi\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: The University of Michigan Press, United States\nImprint: Center for Japanese Studies, University of Michigan\nISBN-13: 9781929280599, 978-1929280599\nSynopsis\nTelevision, Japan, and Globalization makes a monumental contribution to the literature of television studies, which has increasingly recognized its problematic focus on US and Western European media, and a compelling intervention in discussions of globalization, through its careful attention to contradictory and complex phenomena on Japanese TV. Case studies include talent and stars, romance, anime, telops, game and talk shows, and live-action nostalgia shows. The book also looks at Japanese television from a political and economic perspective, with attention to Sky TV, production trends, and Fuji TV as an architectural presence in Tokyo. The combination of textual analysis, clear argument, and historical.