Synopses & Reviews
Public broadcasting is arguably the single most important social, cultural, and journalistic institution of the 20th century. In the past 15 years it has been assaulted politically, ideologically, and technologically. Today it is everywhere in retreat. This book considers the very idea of public service broadcasting, studying in detail the many assaults made upon it--with specific emphasis on developments and events in the UK, Japan, Europe, and the US. Tracey argues that public service broadcasting has been a vital and democratically significant institution in the past, and that it is now experiencing a terminal decline brought about by great changes in political, economic, and technological circumstances. Based on years of research, and on extensive contact with leading public broadcasters around the world, this book examines the ways in which, for the most part, public service broadcasting has vainly (and often ineffectually) struggled to survive in recent years.
Synopsis
Public broadcasting is arguably the single most important social, cultural, and journalistic institution of the twentieth century. In the past 15 years it has been assaulted politically, ideologically, technologically, and is everywhere in retreat. This book considers the "idea" of public service broadcasting and examines in detail the assault made upon it.
Table of Contents
Part I 1. Public Service Broadcasting
2. Principles of Public Service
3. The Deconstruction of Public Service Broadcasting
Part II
4. Reinventing the BBC in the 1950s
5. The BBC and Funding
6. Conquerors, Culture, and Communication: The Foundation of Post-war Japanese Broadcasting
7. The Making of an Institution: The Rebirth of NHK
8. Conquerors, Culture, and Communication: The Intellectual Roots of Post-war German Broadcasting
9. Conquerors, Culture, and Communication: The Creation of Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk
Part III
10. Video Kombat and Highway Building
11. The New Television in Britain
12. Broadcasting and New Technologies: The Case of Japan
13. A Stricken Place: The Condition of American Public Television
Part IV
14. The Ceremony of Innocence: The Condition of Public Service Broadcasting
Bibliography
Index
Part I
1. Public Service Broadcasting
2. Principles of Public Service
3. The Deconstruction of Public Service Broadcasting
Part II
4. Reinventing the BBC in the 1950s
5. The BBC and Funding
6. Conquerors, Culture, and Communication: The Foundation of Post-war Japanese Broadcasting
7. The Making of an Institution: The Rebirth of NHK
8. Conquerors, Culture, and Communication: The Intellectual Roots of Post-war German Broadcasting
9. Conquerors, Culture, and Communication: The Creation of Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk
Part III
10. Video Kombat and Highway Building
11. The New Television in Britain
12. Broadcasting and New Technologies: The Case of Japan
13. A Stricken Place: The Condition of American Public Television
Part IV
14. The Ceremony of Innocence: The Condition of Public Service Broadcasting
Bibliography
Index