Bootlegging the Airwaves (eBook)

Alternative Histories of Radio and Television Distribution

Eleanor Patterson (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2024
208 Seiten
University of Illinois Press (Verlag)
978-0-252-05524-9 (ISBN)

Infos

How fan passion and technology merged into a new subcultureLong before internet archives and the anytime, anywhere convenience of streaming, people collected, traded, and shared radio and television content via informal networks that crisscrossed transnational boundaries.Eleanor Patterson s fascinating cultural history explores the distribution of radio and TV tapes from the 1960s through the 1980s. Looking at bootlegging against the backdrop of mass media s formative years, Patterson delves into some of the major subcultures of the era. Old-time radio aficionados felt the impact of inexpensive audio recording equipment and the controversies surrounding programs like Amos n Andy. Bootlegging communities devoted to buddy cop TV shows like Starsky and Hutch allowed women to articulate female pleasure and sexuality while Star Trek videos in Australia inspired a grassroots subculture built around community viewings of episodes. Tape trading also had a profound influence on creating an intellectual pro wrestling fandom that aided wrestling s growth into an international sports entertainment industry.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 6.2.2024
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Journalistik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft
• ISBN-10: 0-252-05524-1 / 0252055241
• ISBN-13: 978-0-252-05524-9 / 9780252055249