Television
2nd Edition
Published on 1. June 1998
Book
Hardback
303 pages
978-0-19-874249-4 (ISBN)
Description
From its earliest beginnings, television was destined to become one of the great new forces at work in the 20th century. This new edition (which includes six completely new chapters) greatly expands the original historical coverage of this influential cultural phenomenon. Written by a distinguished international team of specialists, the book describes the history of television from its technical conception in the 19th 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 worldwide. 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 on government power; the role of public service broadcasting; and the relationship of television to terrorism and violence.
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Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
bibliography
ISBN-13
978-0-19-874249-4 (9780198742494)
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Previous edition
Anthony Smith
Television
Book
09/1995
Oxford University Press
€34.72
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Content
Part 1 Origins and institutions: Albert Abrahamson, the invention of television; William Boddy, the beginnings of American television; Anthony Smith, television as a public service medium. Part 2 Forms and genres: Richard Paterson, drama and entertainment; William Boddy, non-fiction television; Steven Barnett, sport; Daniel Dayan and Elihu Katz, political ceremony and instant history. Part 3 Television and society: Susan Briggs, television in the home and family; Colin Shaw, taste, decency, and standards; Philip Schlesinger, terrorism. Part 4: Les Brown, the American networks; Marc Raboy, Canada; Hidetoshi Kato, Japan; Douglas Boyd, the Arab world; Dietrich Berwanger, the Third World; Pradip N. Thomas, South Asia; Elizabeth Jacka and Leley Johnson, Australia; Trine Syvertsen and Eli Skogerb, Scandinavia, Netherlands, Belgium; Charles Okigbo, Africa; Zhao Bin, China; Sylvio Waisband, Latin America; Richard Paterson and Anthony Smith, epilogue - the future; television museums and archives.