Cultures in Orbit: Satellites and the Televisual

by Lisa Parks

In 1957 Sputnik, the world's first man-made satellite, dazzled people as it zipped around the planet. By the beginning of the twenty-first century, more than eight thousand satellites orbited the Earth, and satellite practices such as live transmission, direct broadcasting, remote sensing, and astronomical observation had altered how we imagined ourselves in relation to others and our planet within the cosmos. In Cultures in Orbit, Lisa Parks...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822334976
• ISBN13: 9780822334972
• Release Date: April 2005
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.5"