New Media Behind the Iron Curtain : Cultural History of Video, Microcomputers and Satellite Television in Communist Poland.

By:

Jajko, Krzysztof [Author]

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Material type: Text

TextDescription: 1 online resource (251 pages)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

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online resource

ISBN:

8323371318
9788323371311

Subject(s):

Mass media -- Poland -- History -- 20th century

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Electronic Books.

LOC classification:

P92 .N496 2021

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Contents:

Editorial Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- Part I. Piotr Sitarski NEW MEDIA AND THE FALLOF THE POLISH PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC -- Introduction -- Media in the society -- New media -- Extra-systemic media practices -- The diffusion of new media in the Polish People's Republic -- Bibliography -- Part II. Piotr Sitarski VIDEO IN THE POLISH PEOPLE'SREPUBLIC: TECHNOLOGYAND ITS USERS -- The beginnings of video technology -- Early conceptualisations of video technology in Poland -- The videotape format war and the cultural adaptationof the videocassette player

Distribution development: sources of films and the emergenceof Polish-language cassette editions -- Cassette cinema -- Video exhibition circuits -- Science fiction fan clubs -- The Catholic Church -- Conclusion: the decline of cassette cinema and the birthof the video rental shops -- Bibliography -- Part III. Maria B. Garda MICROCOMPUTING REVOLUTIONIN THE POLISH PEOPLE'S REPUBLICIN THE 1980S -- Introduction -- Methodology and review of the current state of research -- On two sides of the Iron Curtain

Breakthrough of domestication -- Hobbyist movement -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Bibliography -- Part IV. Krzysztof Jajko TELEVISION FROM THE SKYFOR EVERYONE -- Cosmic television in Poland -- The importers -- The Antenna Guys -- Cable television to the best of our possibilities -- The satellite promised land -- A window to the world for Poland B -- A guide to the cosmos of television -- Bibliography -- INDEX

Subject: During the years of the Polish People's Republic, Poles were cut off from the western world. This situation led to a period of great ingenuity in the realm of media. Coupling archival research with in-depth interviews, this book explores media behind the Iron Curtain, bringing to life the talent and determination of the PPR's new media pioneers.

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Includes bibliographies and index.

Cover -- Editorial Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- Part I. Piotr Sitarski NEW MEDIA AND THE FALLOF THE POLISH PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC -- Introduction -- Media in the society -- New media -- Extra-systemic media practices -- The diffusion of new media in the Polish People's Republic -- Bibliography -- Part II. Piotr Sitarski VIDEO IN THE POLISH PEOPLE'SREPUBLIC: TECHNOLOGYAND ITS USERS -- The beginnings of video technology -- Early conceptualisations of video technology in Poland -- The videotape format war and the cultural adaptationof the videocassette player

Videocassette players in the 80s: users and sources of origin -- Distribution development: sources of films and the emergenceof Polish-language cassette editions -- Cassette cinema -- Video exhibition circuits -- Science fiction fan clubs -- The Catholic Church -- Conclusion: the decline of cassette cinema and the birthof the video rental shops -- Bibliography -- Part III. Maria B. Garda MICROCOMPUTING REVOLUTIONIN THE POLISH PEOPLE'S REPUBLICIN THE 1980S -- Introduction -- Methodology and review of the current state of research -- On two sides of the Iron Curtain

Top-down and bottom-up computerisation -- Breakthrough of domestication -- Hobbyist movement -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Bibliography -- Part IV. Krzysztof Jajko TELEVISION FROM THE SKYFOR EVERYONE -- Cosmic television in Poland -- The importers -- The Antenna Guys -- Cable television to the best of our possibilities -- The satellite promised land -- A window to the world for Poland B -- A guide to the cosmos of television -- Bibliography -- INDEX

During the years of the Polish People's Republic, Poles were cut off from the western world. This situation led to a period of great ingenuity in the realm of media. Coupling archival research with in-depth interviews, this book explores media behind the Iron Curtain, bringing to life the talent and determination of the PPR's new media pioneers.

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