Transnational Television and Latinx Diasporic Audiences

This book is based on a mixed-method, longitudinal study of the transmission, production, and reception of Spanish- and Portuguese-language television in four global cities with expanding Latinx diasporic populations. The author tracks and analyzes the production practices of Spanish-language broadcasters, the highlights of news and cultural affairs coverage, changes in the shooting locations and sociocultural discourses of telenovelas (both imported from Latin America and domestically produced), the presence of SLTV in the national political sphere, and the modes of media access and opinions of over 400 viewers in Detroit, Los Angeles, Miami, and Madrid. The possibilities created by SLTV and PLTV for achieving a sense of enfranchisement are explored. Intended for a general, as well as academic reading audience.

Illustrates how social science and humanities methodologies can be productively combined in the field of media studies Provides an introduction to urban media studies Offers an example of media ethnography in diverse social and cultural settings

Auteur
Catherine L. Benamou is Associate Professor in the Department of Film & Media Studies and the Ph.D. Program in Visual Studies at the University of California, Irvine, USA.

Contenu

1. Introduction: Beyond Markets: Spanish-Language Television and Its Latinx Diasporic Urban Audiences.- 2. Mediating Migration: Transformations within Telenovela and News Discourse.- 3. Barrio TV: Producing on the Ground in Detroit and Los Angeles.- 4. Redefining Latinidad : Madrid in the New Millennium and the Brazuca Factor.- 5. The Permutations of Affect: Television as Ritual and Repository of Affect, Remembrance, and Forgetting.- 6. Conclusion: Empathy, Solidarity, and Advocacy as Politco-Cultural Capital.- 7. Appendices.