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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784851203321

Titolo

Television across Europe [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Jan Wieten, Graham Murdock and Peter Dahlgren

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : SAGE, 2000

ISBN

1-4462-4034-7

0-7619-6884-9

1-281-25105-4

9786611251055

1-84787-680-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiv, 273 p.) : ill., ports

Altri autori (Persone)

WietenJan

MurdockGraham

DahlgrenPeter <1946->

Disciplina

384.55094

Soggetti

Television broadcasting - Europe

Television broadcasting - Social aspects - Europe

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

A textbook with 13 chapters by scholars writing from a Western European perspective.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-268) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Part I: Television Environments: Traditions and Transitions; Introduction; Chapter 1: The Status of TV Broadcasting in Europe; Chapter 2: Key Trends in European Television; Chapter 3: Digital Futures: European Television in the Age of Convergence; Part II: Television Trends: Organization and Representation; Introduction; Chapter 4: Programming and Channel Competition in European Television; Chapter 5: Popular Drama: Travelling Templates and National Fictions; Chapter 6: Programme Making Across Borders: The Eurosud News Magazine; Chapter 7: Television Audiences

Part III: Television Genres: Borders and FlowsIntroduction; Chapter 8: Music Television: MTV-Europe; Chapter 9: Arts Television: Questions of Culture; Chapter 10: Breakfast Television: Infotainers at Daybreak; Chapter 11: Talk Shows: Democratic Debates and Tabloid Tales; Chapter 12: Television Current Affairs: The Case of Northern Ireland; Chapter 13: Television News: The Case of the French Road Blockades;



References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

'Television across Europe' analyzes the factors which have shaped the development of television in the post-war period in Western Europe, and forecasts future issues.