TELEVISION AS GATHERING PLACE

被引：37

作者：

ADAMS, PC

机构：

[1] Department of Geography, University of Wisconsin, Madison

来源：

ANNALS OF THE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN GEOGRAPHERS | 1992年 / 82卷 / 01期

关键词：

PLACE; TELEVISION; MODERNITY; MEDIA; CONSUMPTION; IDEOLOGY;

D O I：

10.1111/j.1467-8306.1992.tb01901.x

中图分类号：

P9 [自然地理学]; K9 [地理];

学科分类号：

0705 ; 070501 ;

摘要：

An examination of television as a center of meaning and as a social context supports the concept of a place without a location. Similar ideas have appeared in media theory since the 1960s, but have not been the subject of geographic research. Comparison of television with other media, including books, radio, and film, reveals that it is uniquely place-like. Television functions as a social context, providing sensory communion and social congregation; it also functions as a center of meaning, helping a society define "us" and "them," conferring value on persons and objects, and, possibly, supporting hegemonic social control. A comparison of television and certain architectural structures identifies similarities and differences that may be related to long-term historical changes in society.

引用

页码：117 / 135

页数：19