
The Television History Book
BFI Publishing
Published on 19. December 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
176 pages
978-0-85170-988-8 (ISBN)
Description
Traces the history of broadcasting and the infludence developments in broadcasting have had over our social, cultural and economic practices. Examining the broadcasting traditions of the UK and USA, 'The Television History Book' make connections between events and tendencies that both unite and differentiate these national broadcasting traditions.
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Edition
2003
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
ilustrated
Dimensions
Height: 243 mm
Width: 184 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
503 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-85170-988-8 (9780851709888)
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Persons
MICHELE HILMES is Professor of Media and Cultural Studies at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. She has written several books on broadcast history, including Only Connect: A Cultural History of Broadcasting in the United States (2001) and Radio Voices: American Broadcasting 1922 to 1952 (2001). She is currently at work on a history of the mutual influence and opposition between US and British broadcasters during radio and television's formative years.
Associate Editor: JASON JACOBS is Senior Lecturer in the School of Film, Media and Cultural Studies, Griffith University, Queensland and the author of Body Trauma TV: The New Hospital Dramas (2003).
Associate Editor: JASON JACOBS is Senior Lecturer in the School of Film, Media and Cultural Studies, Griffith University, Queensland and the author of Body Trauma TV: The New Hospital Dramas (2003).
Editor
University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
University of Queensland, Australia
Content
Introduction TV nations.- Institutions from origins to stability.- Institutions conflict and change.- Programming from the 50s to the 80s.- Programming new venues, new forms.