Digitalization of Television in Japan

JungBong Choi characterizes Japan'sintroduction of digital broadcasting as a political,cultural and economic endeavor orchestrated by theJapanese state and other para-state institutions. Inso doing the author employs a conceptof "digitalization," as opposed to "digitization,"defined as a social, institutional, and discursivemaking of digital television. With the analyticframework established, the author observes howthe identity of television in Japan was renewed asan apparatus conducive to the acceleration ofan informational capitalism. An innovative study inthe political economy of media, the book brings tolight ways in which digital technologies areengineered as a key device for socio-economicreordering. A stimulating appraisal of thecontemorary state, furthermore, it offers aperspective on the progressive conflation betweenstate and market, technology and institution, andcultural discourse and economic planning.

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JungBong Choi is currently Assistant Professor in the Department of Cinema Studies at NYU. His research interests include digital technologies, theories of globalization, and East Asian culture with emphasis on films/media of Japan and Korea.

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JungBong Choi characterizes Japan's introduction of digital broadcasting as a political, cultural and economic endeavor orchestrated by the Japanese state and other para-state institutions. In so doing the author employs a concept of "digitalization," as opposed to "digitization," defined as a social, institutional, and discursive making of digital television. With the analytic framework established, the author observes how the identity of television in Japan was renewed as an apparatus conducive to the acceleration of an informational capitalism. An innovative study in the political economy of media, the book brings to light ways in which digital technologies are engineered as a key device for socio-economic reordering. A stimulating appraisal of the contemorary state, furthermore, it offers a perspective on the progressive conflation between state and market, technology and institution, and cultural discourse and economic planning.