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100 1 _aJajko, Krzysztof.
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245 1 0 _aNew Media Behind the Iron Curtain :
_bCultural History of Video, Microcomputers and Satellite Television in Communist Poland.
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505 0 0 _aCover --
_tEditorial Page --
_tContents --
_tAcknowledgements --
_tForeword --
_tPart I. Piotr Sitarski NEW MEDIA AND THE FALLOF THE POLISH PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC --
_tIntroduction --
_tMedia in the society --
_tNew media --
_tExtra-systemic media practices --
_tThe diffusion of new media in the Polish People's Republic --
_tBibliography --
_tPart II. Piotr Sitarski VIDEO IN THE POLISH PEOPLE'SREPUBLIC: TECHNOLOGYAND ITS USERS --
_tThe beginnings of video technology --
_tEarly conceptualisations of video technology in Poland --
_tThe videotape format war and the cultural adaptationof the videocassette player
505 0 0 _aVideocassette players in the 80s: users and sources of origin --
_tDistribution development: sources of films and the emergenceof Polish-language cassette editions --
_tCassette cinema --
_tVideo exhibition circuits --
_tScience fiction fan clubs --
_tThe Catholic Church --
_tConclusion: the decline of cassette cinema and the birthof the video rental shops --
_tBibliography --
_tPart III. Maria B. Garda MICROCOMPUTING REVOLUTIONIN THE POLISH PEOPLE'S REPUBLICIN THE 1980S --
_tIntroduction --
_tMethodology and review of the current state of research --
_tOn two sides of the Iron Curtain
505 0 0 _aTop-down and bottom-up computerisation --
_tBreakthrough of domestication --
_tHobbyist movement --
_tConclusion --
_tAcknowledgments --
_tBibliography --
_tPart IV. Krzysztof Jajko TELEVISION FROM THE SKYFOR EVERYONE --
_tCosmic television in Poland --
_tThe importers --
_tThe Antenna Guys --
_tCable television to the best of our possibilities --
_tThe satellite promised land --
_tA window to the world for Poland B --
_tA guide to the cosmos of television --
_tBibliography --
_tINDEX
520 0 _aDuring 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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650 0 _aMass media
_zPoland
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_y20th century.
655 1 _aElectronic Books.
700 1 _aGarda, Maria B.
700 1 _aSitarski, Piotr.
700 1 _aKirkpatrick, Graeme.
856 4 0 _uhttps://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=2684859&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518
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_dCynthia Snell