| Television Across Europe: A Comparative Introduction Contributor(s): Wieten, Jan (Editor), Murdock, Graham (Editor), Dahlgren, Peter (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0761968849 ISBN-13: 9780761968849 Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd OUR PRICE: $190.95 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2000 Annotation: Combining institutional textual and audience analysis, this book introduces students to the factors which have shaped television's development in contemporary Europe, and invites them to assess the issues that are at stake in its future. Divided into three parts, the book moves from the European broadcasting environment, through current patterns and trends in programming and programme making, to TV genres and issue-specific broadcasting. Incorporating a range of pedagogical devices: boxes of key facts, activities and notes for further reading, Television across Europe offers an essential introductory guide to television in Western Europe. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Technology & Engineering | Television & Video - Language Arts & Disciplines | Communication Studies |
| Dewey: 384.550 |
| LCCN: 00711347 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.76" W x 9.74" (1.47 lbs) 288 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Combining institutional textual and audience analysis, this book introduces students to the factors which have shaped television′s development in contemporary Europe, and invites them to assess the issues that are at stake in its future. Divided into three parts, the book moves from the European broadcasting environment, through current patterns and trends in programming and programme making, to TV genres and issue-specific broadcasting. Incorporating a range of pedagogical devices: boxes of key facts, activities and notes for further reading, Television across Europe offers an essential introductory guide to television in Western Europe. |
Contributor Bio(s): Dahlgren, Peter: - Peter Dahlgren is Principal Lecturer in the Department of Journalism, Media and Communications at the University of Stockholm. He is the author or editor of numerous works in Swedish and of two books in English, both of which he edited with Colin Sparks: Communication and Citizenship (Sage, 1991) and Journalism and Popular Culture (Sage, 1992). |