Title: Copycat television
First published: 1998
Description: This book has a double purpose. First, it describes the phenomenon of television program formats or ideas and their national adaptation in sufficient detail for the reader to grasp what is a central dynamic of the contemporary global television scene. Second, it explores the wider cultural meaning of the practice of cross-border format adaptation and the necessary modifications that must be made to theories of global culture.
Subjects: Plots, themes, Popular culture, Social aspects, Social aspects of Television broadcasting, Television broadcasting, Television programs, Television and globalization
LC classification: HE8700.4 .M67 1998