Introduction -- Globalization, culture, and identity: oh my! -- Watching tv is good for you -- A slow boat to China -- (Not) watching TV in China -- A passage to India -- Watching TV in India -- This is America -- Ignore your mother, talk to strangers -- Conclusion
Summary
This title explores the dynamics of television, identity, and cultural communication, providing a new lens for encountering, interpreting, and judging American culture and the American identity. America has long exported its network and cable programming abroad, but with a changing world comes a changing dynamic. As global centers of power shift, and wealth becomes redistributed, and perhaps even re-centered, vast audiences which have never before had contact with American television will begin to gain access to the full wealth and abundance of American programming. The opening of new markets