This article calls for the spatial and temporal dimensions of communication to be put firmly at the centre of television theory and research in future years. It sets an agenda for the development of a distinctive human geography of TV cultures — taking Raymond Williams's concept of `mobile privatization' as its main point of departure, but also drawing on more recent work in media studies and contemporary social analysis.
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