Broadcasting and National Imagination in Post-Communist Latvia
Defining the Nation, Defining Public Television
Nonfiction, History, Eastern Europe, European General, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science
| Author: | ISBN: | 9781783206933 | |
| Publisher: | Intellect Books Ltd | Publication: | May 15, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Intellect Books | Language: | English |
| Author: | |
| ISBN: | 9781783206933 |
| Publisher: | Intellect Books Ltd |
| Publication: | May 15, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Intellect Books |
| Language: | English |
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. Jānis Juzefovičs 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 publics of both the Latvian-speaking majority and the large Russian-speaking minority have 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'.
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. Jānis Juzefovičs 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 publics of both the Latvian-speaking majority and the large Russian-speaking minority have 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'.
