Public Service Broadcasting
Michael Tracey(Editor)
SAGE Publications Ltd (Publisher)
Published in November 1989
Book
Hardback
256 pages
978-0-8039-8212-3 (ISBN)
Description
This book examines the basis for public service broadcasting and its function in the contemporary competitive media environment. The author presents as case studies the development of broadcasting in Britain, Japan and Germany, whilst referring to wider international practice, and shows how the current practice of public service broadcasting is conditioned by its past development. He examines the extent to which public service broadcasting can be reconciled with new attitudes to the relation of the state and the economy, and with developments in new technologies for the delivery of broadcast services. This assessment aims to contribute to the current debate between supporters and critics of public service broadcasting.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-8039-8212-3 (9780803982123)
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Content
Whither public service broadcasting?; the foundations of post-war German broadcasting; the making of a public service institution - the creation of Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk; foundations of postwar Japanese broadcasting; the edge of darkness - an essay on the BBC; new technologies in Britain; the temptations of Barbarism.