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Television : an international history / edited by Anthony Smith with Richard Paterson.

Contributor(s): Paterson, Richard, 1947- | Smith, Anthony, 1938-.
Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, c1998Edition: 2nd ed.Description: ix, 294 p. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0198159285.Subject(s): Television broadcasting -- History | Television broadcasting -- Social aspects | Television programmes -- History | Television -- HistoryDDC classification: 791.4509
Contents:
Notes on Contributors. - Introduction. - Pt. One : Origins and Institutions. - Pt. Two : Forms and Genres. - Pt. Three : Television and Society. - Pt. Four : Television across the World. - Further Reading. - Television Museums and Archives. - Index
Summary: ... the book describes the history of television from its technical conception in the nineteenth century right through to the bewildering multi-media developments of the present. Alongside this historical account, chapters provide important discussion of the central debates affecting television world-wide, from America, Canada, and Britain to Europe, Scandinavia, Japan, China, South Asia, the Arab world, Australia, Africa, and the Third World. All genres of programme making-news, sport, drama, comedy-are examined in the light of key questions : how viewing practices affect particular societies ; how standards of taste and decency are arrived at ; the influence of television of govenment power; the role of public service broadcasting ; and the relationship of television to terrorism and violence. A thought-provoking Epilogue ponders the likely impact and influence of television in the coming years. - Back cover.
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Notes on Contributors. - Introduction. - Pt. One : Origins and Institutions. - Pt. Two : Forms and Genres. - Pt. Three : Television and Society. - Pt. Four : Television across the World. - Further Reading. - Television Museums and Archives. - Index

... the book describes the history of television from its technical conception in the nineteenth century right through to the bewildering multi-media developments of the present. Alongside this historical account, chapters provide important discussion of the central debates affecting television world-wide, from America, Canada, and Britain to Europe, Scandinavia, Japan, China, South Asia, the Arab world, Australia, Africa, and the Third World. All genres of programme making-news, sport, drama, comedy-are examined in the light of key questions : how viewing practices affect particular societies ; how standards of taste and decency are arrived at ; the influence of television of govenment power; the role of public service broadcasting ; and the relationship of television to terrorism and violence. A thought-provoking Epilogue ponders the likely impact and influence of television in the coming years. - Back cover.