TY - BOOK AU - Ergul,Hakan TI - Popularizing Japanese TV: the cultural, economic, and emotional dimensions of infotainment discourse T2 - Cultural discourse studies series SN - 9781138680609 PY - 2019/// CY - Oxon PB - Routledge KW - Infotainment (Television programs) KW - Japan KW - Television broadcasting KW - Social aspects KW - Mass media and culture N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction -- "No TV. no life!" the centrality of television and infotainment in contemporary Japan -- Backstage tales: infotainment under construction -- Television for sale by owner: the political economy of infotainment -- Infotainment, intimacy, and crafting a televisual Uchi -- Discussion, implications, conclusions ER -