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This is Ramon Lobato's academic book on how the television set became a connected, app-driven platform, published in the Critical Cultural Communication series. It traces the hardware and software shift from a broadcast receiver to an algorithmically curated marketplace, and examines how manufacturers such as Samsung, LG and TCL became gatekeepers. It suits media studies students, researchers and industry watchers rather than shoppers looking for a television. It is a critical industry analysis, not a buyer's guide, and it does not review specific TV models.
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Smart TV: Devices, Platforms, Markets is a paperback book by Ramon Lobato, part of the Critical Cultural Communication series (Book 57). It charts how the television set changed from a broadcast-only receiver into a connected, app-enabled platform in the internet age.
Lobato takes a critical media-industries approach. He traces the technologies, institutions and cultural practices that reshaped the medium, and explains how the smart TV was conceived, designed and marketed as a new kind of distribution technology. He examines how its software and platforms were engineered to nudge, monitor and quantify viewing choices.
The book looks at how this shift changed power relations among manufacturers, users, content providers and platform operators. It covers how companies such as Samsung, LG and TCL became gatekeepers in television's attention economy, and how new advertising formats and data-tracking practices emerged. The analysis draws on trade sources, policy analysis, device testing and audience research.