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The End of the Story

How The TV Remote Killed Traditional Structure

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The Economics, Technology and Content of Digital TV

Part of the book series: Economics of Science, Technology and Innovation ((ESTI,volume 15))

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This paper looks at programming from the perspective of who controls it, who buys it, what it all means, and how Digital TV may be a catalyst for its change. It shows how interactive television may neutralize the coercive effects of traditional programming and empower a generation to rethink its relationship to the mediaspace and itself

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Rushkoff, D. (1999). The End of the Story. In: Gerbarg, D. (eds) The Economics, Technology and Content of Digital TV. Economics of Science, Technology and Innovation, vol 15. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-4971-0_7

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