South Korean Golden Age Melodrama: Gender, Genre, And National Cinema (Contemporary Approaches to Film and Television)

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Examining the theoretical, historical, and contemporary impact of South Korea's Golden Age of cinema.

Broadcasting Politics in Japan: NHK and Television News

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Broadcasting Politics in Japan: NHK and Television News
Ellis S. Krauss
Manufacturer: Cornell University Press
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ASIN: 0801437482

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The aftermath of Japan's 1945 military defeat left its public institutions in a state of deep crisis; virtually every major source of state legitimacy was seriously damaged or wholly remade by the postwar occupation. Between 1960 and 1990, however, these institutions renewed their strength, taking on legitimacy that erased virtually all traces of their postwar instability.

How did this transformation come about? This is the question Ellis S. Krauss ponders in Broadcasting Politics in Japan; his answer focuses on the role played by the Japanese mass media and in particular by Japan's national broadcaster, NHK.

Since the 1960s, television has been a fixture of the Japanese household, and NHK's TV news has until very recently been the dominant, and most trusted, source of political information for the Japanese citizen. NHK's news style is distinctive among the broadcasting systems of industrialized countries; it emphasizes facts over interpretation and gives unusual priority to coverage of the national bureaucracy. Krauss argues that this approach is not simply a reflection of Japanese culture, but a result of the organization and processes of NHK and their relationship with the state. These factors had profound consequences for the state's postwar re-legitimization, while the commercial networks' recent challenge to NHK has helped engender the wave of cynicism currently faced by the state.

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China Live offers a unique insider's view of two of the most important forces shaping our era--the rise of global satellite news and the rise of China. Exploring not only how events shape television, but how TV can shape the news as it unfolds, CNN Hong Kong bureau chief Mike Chinoy recounts his experiences in key political conflicts around the world, from Northern Ireland, Lebanon, and Afghanistan to Indochina, the Philippines, and North Korea. Chinoy focuses especially on China, where he was instrumental in CNN's unprecedented live broadcasts of the student uprising and army crackdown in Tiananmen Square in 1989--a turning point in modern journalism that played a critical role in shaping international perceptions of China.

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Mindless Pap.......2002-06-14

Chinoy approaches the writing of this book in much the same way his employer approaches world news: mistaking the urgent for the important, drawing hugely sweeping conclusions from anecdotal evidence, and ignoring all depth and context. Do yourself a favor and avoid this cartoon of a book. There are better ones out there.

An Insightful Book.......2002-04-01

Personally, I thought this book had some great information covering the decade of turmoil that has enveloped China. I am a professor at Cambridge and I was glad that this book was made easily accesible for anyone, since I didn't have a good grounding of Chinese history. However, this must not be confused with a history textbook, for the writing in there is not to inform, but to show Mr. Chinoy's point of view. I think that some of these reviews are not justified as they pick up the book expecting to read a text on the Tianamen Square massacre. I appreciate the fact that this book is not a text but an insightful and compelling look from an insider's point of view.

pretty superficial.......2001-07-13

This book is pretty superficial, [....] Chinoy is generally much more pro-China than against it. That is, he tends to repeat how China is opening and liberalizing toward a more "democratic" China, as he calls it (a dubious prediction to those of us in the China studies field). A look at CNN archives of his reports makes this very clear. The criticisms he makes are in the area of human rights abuses and political repression, which doesn't make one anti-China. Facts are facts, [...]--the world's not out to get you. I suppose ANY critical reporting of China makes one anti-China, right? Maybe we should only report happy, smiling Chinese faces. Chill.

Very Interesting.......2001-06-04

Before making any comment on the book, I will first confess to being an ignorant westerner with no understanding whatsoever regarding China. That said, I found Chinoy's book to be very entertaining. I didn't begin reading it in the hopes of gaining some marvelous intellectual insight about the People's Republic, so I didn't judge the biography on that criteria. Rather, I found the story of Chinoy's career to be quite fascinating, due in part to my own journalist aspirations. His firsthand accounts, regardless of the conclusions drawn from them, are quite dramatic, especially his experiences at Tiananmen. If you're looking for a history of China, then take the advice of another reviewer and buy a "real" book. However, if you're looking for an entertaining narrative about life as a foreign correspondent, then this read is for you.

Mike Chinoy doesn't know anything.......2001-02-04

Mike Chinoy has no understanding of China whatsoever. When you watch him on CNN you can see how the general anti-China views of the American public are generated. It is very disappointing that somebody who has lived in Asia for so long could write and say such biased and false things. Everybody in the region that watches CNN thinks that Mike Chinoy is a joke, and this book shows more proof that this is true. It is a shame that CNN, a respected, worldwide news agency, would allow Chinoy to constantly spout out so much ignorance in his reports.

China's New Cultural Scene: A Handbook of Changes

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China's New Cultural Scene: A Handbook of Changes
Claire Huot , and Claire Huot
Manufacturer: Duke University Press
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ASIN: 0822324091

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The Cultural Revolution of China’s Maoist era has come and gone, yet another cultural revolution of a different sort has been sweeping through China in the 1990s. Although recently much interest has been focused on China’s economy, few Westerners are aware of the remarkable transformations occurring in the culture of ordinary people’s daily lives. In China’s New Cultural Scene Claire Huot surveys the wide spectrum of art produced by Chinese musicians, painters, writers, performers, and filmmakers today, portraying an ongoing cultural revolution that has significantly altered life in the People’s Republic.
Western observers who were impressed by the bravery of the demonstrators in Tiananmen Square—and stunned at the harshness of their suppression—will learn from this book how that political movement led to changes in cultural conditions and production. Attending to all the major elements of this vast nation’s high and low culture at the end of a landmark decade, Huot’s discussion ranges from the cinematic works of Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige, and others to emerging musical forms such as rock, punk, and rap. Other topics include television, theater, and avant-garde art, the new electronic media, and subversive trends in both literature and the visual arts.
With a comprehensive index of artists and works, as well as a glossary of Chinese words, China’s New Cultural Scene will enlighten students of Chinese culture and general readers interested in contemporary Asia.

Contemporary Television: Eastern Perspectives (Communication and Human Values)

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Contemporary Television: Eastern Perspectives (Communication and Human Values)

Manufacturer: Sage Publications Pvt. Ltd
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The rapid proliferation of satellite and cable television in recent years combined with the increasing importance of ideologies of free trade have brought up a number of very important issues. These have acquired particular salience in Asian countries where the ownership of television sets is growing at a phenomenal pace. Focusing on the global and local issues arising from the internationalization of television, this important volume provides an Asian reading of the emerging tensions between commercial realities and the desire to preserve cultural identities. Contemporary Television begins by focusing on two areas of growth--global media and media education. The contributors use the globalization debate to point to the energetic spread of television: the growing size of audiences, ever-hungry for a wider choice of fare, and the importance of the Asian market. They also contextualize the growth of television as a medium of entertainment in this era of globalization and discuss the nature and importance of media education given recent developments. This book also examines contemporary themes relating to television and suggests an agenda for future debates and will be invaluable for students and scholars of mass media, communication, media education, and journalism. Broadcasters and journalists will also be interested in this volume as well as those concerned with the growth of television and its impact on our lives.

Im Kwon-Taek: The Making of a Korean National Cinema (Contemporary Film and Television)

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Quite an outdated book about Im Kwon-taek

Im Kwon-Taek: The Making of a Korean National Cinema (Contemporary Film and Television)

Manufacturer: Wayne State University Press
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ASIN: 0814328687

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A collection of ten essays written by leading Koreanists and scholars of Korean film.

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Quite an outdated book about Im Kwon-taek.......2003-09-01

The last movie mentioned by the author is Tae-baek Mountains, but "Chun-hyang" seems to be too new for the author already, not to mention the "Chwi-hwa-seon" as well. But it gives us some knowledge about the idea of Im's movie. Quite good if you are facinated by Im's movie and want to know more about him, especially his past.

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Television in Contemporary Asia
David French
Manufacturer: Sage Publications India Pvt. Ltd.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: 8170369444

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Television in Contemporary Asia

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ASIN: 0761994696

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Exploring recent developments in Asian television systems in the context of the continually changing global environment, this book covers India, China, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Hong Kong, the Philippines, Taiwan and Japan. Country-based analyses are preceded by contributions which analyse processes at the regional level. Chapters explore how television in Asia has responded to new threats and opportunities and provide evidence against the view that global forces will destroy national and regional differences.

Theater & Society: An Anthology of Contemporary Chinese Drama (Asia and the Pacific)

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Theater & Society: An Anthology of Contemporary Chinese Drama (Asia and the Pacific)

Manufacturer: East Gate Book
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CULTURE, POLITICS, AND TELEVISION IN HONG KONG.(Review) (book review): An article from: Journal of Contemporary Asia

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CULTURE, POLITICS, AND TELEVISION IN HONG KONG.(Review) (book review): An article from: Journal of Contemporary Asia
William K.M. Lee
Manufacturer: Journal of Contemporary Asia Publishers
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This digital document is an article from Journal of Contemporary Asia, published by Journal of Contemporary Asia Publishers on March 1, 2001. The length of the article is 835 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: CULTURE, POLITICS, AND TELEVISION IN HONG KONG.(Review) (book review)
Author: William K.M. Lee
Publication: Journal of Contemporary Asia (Refereed)
Date: March 1, 2001
Publisher: Journal of Contemporary Asia Publishers
Volume: 31 Issue: 1 Page: 130

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How does a bird flock keep its movements so graceful and synchronized? Most people assume that the bird in front leads and the others follow. In fact, bird flocks don't have leaders: they are organized without an organizer, coordinated without a coordinator. And a surprising number of other systems, from termite colonies to traffic jams to economic systems, work the same decentralized way. Turtles, Termites, and Traffic Jams describes innovative new computational tools that can qhelp people (even young children) explore the workings of such systems--and help them move beyond the centralized mindset.

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Is a good start but needs more..........2007-06-13

Book needs some more content, it gives a good first level intro but does not develop it into more interesting/advanced things.

50% of the book is a 'sales' pitch for StarLogo.

If you have experience with writing code for simulations this book is a bit light technically.

Still has some interesting ideas in it.

The arcane made accessible.......2006-03-28

On the surface, the book seems focused on computers and even video games. This makes the activities appealing for middle and high school students. However, the ideas in this book are actually relevant to two entirely different fields: 1) genetics, and 2) artificial intelligence. Both these fields have at their centers the concept of complexity arising out of simplicity. Students who work their way though the activites in this book will find that Dr. Resnick offers a window into a deep mathematical world that has applications far beyond computers and games.

Great Starting Point in Agent based Modelling.......2005-10-17

Mitchel Resnick shares a lovely sense of wonder, discovery and fascination in this slim, easily read volume about agent based modelling. Using micro-worlds (termites, ants and other modelling metaphors) Resnick shows us how collective behaviours are more than a simple sum of the parts - and through his experiments using StarLogo programming he shows the nature of emergent behaviours that come through decentralised thinking.

His reading list is a great starting point for anyone fascinated by Complexity and Agent Based Modelling, and so too is his elegant list of guiding heuristics that he has learned through toying with various ants, termites, forest fires and traffic jams.

- Positive feedback (in models) often plays a vital role.
- Randomness can help create order. Random isn't always chaotic.
- A Flock is not a big bird. The behaviour of groups should not be confused with the behaviour of individuals.
- A traffic jam is not just a collection of cars. Emergent objects have an ever-changing composition.
- The hills are alive. Don't just focus on the individual objects - look also at their environment.

This volume helped our research team design approach agent-based modelling, and put us in touch with other avenues of decentralised thinking: for example Network Theory. Best of all, Resnick helped us lighten-up. This book (and its subject matter) has profound ideas, but never loses a delicious sense of awe. Recommended.

interesting, but describes an old version of the software.......2003-09-28

This is a book describing the research of a team at MIT using a version of the educational language "Logo". Running in a simple graphical environment which supports multiple parallel operation of code in the same shared space. Write a few lines of code for an "ant", then let 1000 of them loose. The current version of this "StarLogo" system is written in Java, and available as a free download for anyone to play with.

The use of Logo is both a strength and a weakness of the approach. The strength is that the code is concise and easy to understand. The weakness is that there is only one source of the software, and anyone wishing to try it is limited to the available download. This would not be such a limitation if the book described the same version, but unfortunately things have moved on a lot since the book was written, and few (if any) of the examples will work without alteration.

As well as the development of the StarLogo system, the book covers experiments in emergent behaviour. Typical sections include how parameter and environment changes can affect the growth and development of simulated ant colonies, and a theoretical basis for those "phantom traffic jams" we have all experienced.

This book is certainly interesting if you are interested in developing parallel software simulations, or if you are interested in marginal computer languages, but don't expect the code to work without effort.

Invention - on all levels.......2002-10-14

This book provided the motivating force to write my first, and last, review for Amazon.com.

Over the past 5 years since my first reading Mitchel Resnick's Turtles Turmites and Traffic Jams, the book has come up on numerous occasions related to several topics, two of which most basically:

1) Writing style - Resnick's clear, well-researched, simple yet profound style. His background as journalist and inventor enables TT&T to walk a new line between source material and criticism.

2) Content - Resnick's theoretical application of emergent behavior to education is robust; his practical educational tools (starlogo and later, mindstorms) are a fundamentally clear and wondrous collapsing of idea into artifact.

I will include this book with few others in my life bibliography.

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Turtles, Termites, and Traffic Jam : Explorations in Massively Parallel Microworlds (Bradford Series in Complex Adaptive Systems)
Michael Resnick
Manufacturer: MIT Press
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000KP606I

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