On Television

by Stuart Hood, Thalia Tabary-Peterssen

Overview

On Television has long been regarded as one of the best critiques of television ever published, offering a lucid, jargon-free and impressively concise analysis of every aspect of the television industry from the images on our screens to the organisations that produce (and manipulate) those images. it is an invaluable introduction to the world of television broadcasting as an integral part of the mass media which impinges so greatly on our lives.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780745311111
Publisher:	Pluto Press
Publication date:	06/20/1997
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	128
Product dimensions:	5.32(w) x 8.46(h) x (d)

About the Author

Colin Coulter is a sociology lecturer at the National University of Ireland Maynooth

Table of Contents

	List of Abbreviations	vii
	Introduction	ix
	Acknowledgements	x
1.	Television--A Map of the Medium	1
2.	The Flow of Images and Gatekeeping	8
3.	The Audience	19
4.	The History of Terrestrial Television	28
5.	The Regulatory Bodies	40
6.	The Charter and the Act	48
7.	The Growth of Government Intervention	54
8.	The Thatcher Years	61
9.	Enter Murdoch--A Cautionary Tale	67
10.	The Thatcher Inheritance	74
11.	Digital Television	85
12.	Convergence	93
	Selected Reading	107
	Index	109