Down to Earth focuses on satellites as objects of cultural production that inhabit contested border zones at the boundaries of geopolitical and commercial regulation. Rather than seeking to expose the technical apparatus, history, or launch of any one satellite, the book asks questions of satellites grounded in cultural theory, media studies, and critical geography. How did the regulation of orbital and geostationary trajectories reflect, project, trouble, and produce existing geopolitical lines? What clashes occur when satellite radio and television stations attempt to enter existing broadcast markets? How do satellites challenge our scholarship about vision and visibility, spatiality and regulation, knowledge and power?
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