05559nam 2200697Ia 450 991045578960332120200520144314.01-280-47655-997866104765581-84150-866-7(CKB)111056486992580(EBL)283006(OCoLC)236337537(SSID)ssj0000200235(PQKBManifestationID)11168460(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000200235(PQKBWorkID)10219960(PQKB)11236148(MiAaPQ)EBC283006(Au-PeEL)EBL283006(CaPaEBR)ebr10019955(CaONFJC)MIL47655(OCoLC)51036688(EXLCZ)9911105648699258020020518d2002 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrMedia and identity in contemporary Europe[electronic resource] consequences of global convergence /Richard CollinsBristol, UK ;Portland, Or. Intellect20021 online resource (180 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-84150-044-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-174).Contents; The Author; 1 Introduction; 2 Challenges and Opportunities: Broadcasting in Multi-National States; Introduction; The European Context; Technological and Political Convergence; Canada and Europe: Common Themes; Broadcasting and Community in Western Europe in the 1980's; Divisions in the European camp; The market paradigm: competition and Television without Frontiers; The Dirigistes' strategy; The Role of Competition; Cultural Difference; Conclusion; Acknowledgements; 3 Television, Identity and Citizenship in the European Union; Introduction; Nationalism and collective identityPost-modernism Cultural and political identity; Functionalism; Cultural rights; European identity; The awkward partner's view; 4 Locked in a Mortal Embrace; The European Union Audiovisual1 Policies of the UK and France; Introduction; European Union policies and practices; Television without Frontiers; The MEDIA Programme; Satellite Television Transmission Standards (the MAC Directive); DG IV and Competition Policy; International Trade in films and television: France, the UK and the European Union; The French market; The UK market; Domestic Policy and the structure of audiovisual marketsAmericanisation Language, Culture and Identity; Conclusion; Acknowledgements; 5 Public Service Broadcasting and Freedom; Introduction; Public Service, the Market and the Public Sphere; The Market; Isses and Oughts; Freedom to and freedom from; Policy problems; Acknowledgements; 6 Two types of Freedom, Broadcasting Organisation and Policy on both sides of the Atlantic; Introduction; Peacock and Pilkington; Internal and External Diversity; Freedom and Broadcasting; Policy Problems; The Consumers' Interest; The Consumer Interest and UK Broadcasting; Conclusion; Acknowledgements7 Public Service and the Media Economy - European Trends in the late 1990's Introduction; Competition, Market Failure and Public Service Broadcasting; Making markets fairer and work better; EEC Treaty Considerations; Public Service Broadcasting: Ideal and Reality; Changes to Public Service Broadcasting; Conclusion; Acknowledgements; 8 Supper with the Devil: A case study in private/public collaboration in broadcasting -The genesis of Eurosport.; Introduction; The Genesis of Eurosport; Public Service Broadcasting, the devil and the long spoon; Supper with the Devil; Acknowledgements9 Cultural Development in an Open Economy - Trading In Culture: the Role Of Language Introduction; Culture; The transnationalisation of culture; Culture and politics; Culture and technology; The internationalisation of the information economy; Language and comparative economic advantage; The performance of information producers in international markets - the role of language; Conclusions; Acknowledgements; 10 Paradigm Regained? Where to in Media and Communications Regulation?; Introduction; The UK case; Convergence; Shared sovereignty and internationalisation; Competition based regulationMarket failuresAn integrated analysis of the central issues in contemporary media policy. Chapters focus on technological change and its impact on cultural and political identities, the role of the cultural industries in the 'New Economy' and the impact of European integration on national institutions - public service broadcasting in particular. Because technological change in broadcasting has enabled us to open up media markets, the shape of media and of society has become more internationally-oriented. Indeed, modern international media has bought into question the very legitimacy of national communities a...Mass mediaEuropeMass media policyEuropeCommunication and mass mediaEuropePublic televisionEuropeElectronic books.Mass mediaMass media policyCommunication and mass mediaPublic television302.23094Collins Richard1946-55625MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910455789603321Media and identity in contemporary Europe2214624UNINA