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Informationen zum Autor LISA PARKS is a professor of film and media studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She is the author of Cultures in Orbit:Satellites and the Televisual and coeditor of Planet TV: A Global Television Reader. JAMES SCHWOCH is the senior associate dean for the School of Communication at Northwestern University in Qatar, and a professor at Northwestern University. His research explores the nexus of global media, media history, international studies, and global security. Klappentext Though satellites are now used by a wide array of entertainment! communications! and information technologies! from radio stations to GPS devices! the business of making! launching! and maintaining satellites is still shrouded in mystery. This presents the first comprehensive overview of the geopolitical manoeuvres! financial investments! scientific innovations! and ideological struggles that take place behind the scenes of this fascinating industry. Inhaltsverzeichnis AcknowledgmentsIntroductionI Concepts and Cartographies1. The Invention of Air Space, Outer Space, and Cyberspace2. Dethroning the View from Above3. The Geostationary Orbit4. “Freedom to Communicate”5. The NAVSTAR Global Positioning System6. Satellites, Oil, and FootprintsII Satellite Mediascapes7. From Satellite to Screen8. Beyond the Terrestrial?9. Crossing Borders10. WorldSpace Satellite Radio and the South African Footprint11. Content vs. DeliveryIII Orbital Matters12. When Satellites Fall13. AFP-731 or The Other Night Sky14. Microsatellites15. Disjecta Membra, the KÁrmÁn Line, and the 38th Parallel Contributors Index
