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Discover a groundbreaking analysis with *Public Issue Television*, a pivotal resource for those looking to dive deep into the intricate relationship between television, politics, and society. This essential publication, published in 2007, combines extensive archival research with profound insights into *Granada’s World in Action*, a program renowned for its bold journalism and significant public influence. Spanning a remarkable 35 years from 1963 to 1998, this book explores the evolution of factual television, meticulously examining the nuances of production culture within the shifting landscape of technological, aesthetic, and political changes.
The author uses a thematic approach to dissect various periods in the series’ history, revealing how the interplay of institutional and economic factors shaped its development. With discussions that highlight achievement alongside the inherent tensions and conflicts of its production, *Public Issue Television* serves as a vital text for media scholars, political analysts, and anyone eager to understand the dynamics of television's role in shaping public discourse.
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ISBN: 9780719062568
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.
Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9780719062568
Year: 2007
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Description:
Public issue television is a major contribution to understanding the relationship between television, politics and society. Based on full access to the archives, it offers a fascinating historical account of how one television series, Granada's World in Action, celebrated for its tough journalism, visual directness and public impact, functioned and developed over its run across 35 years between 1963 and 1998. In a succession of chapters looking at different periods in the series' development and at key dimensions of its distinctive identity, it gets deep inside the making of factual television and examines how a particular culture of production works within broader conditions of possibility and constraint. In particular, it charts the interwoven processes of change - technological, professional, aesthetic, institutional, economic, social and political.
As well as discussing achievement and success, it examines the tensions, the debates and open conflicts that formed part of the context within which the series was made and transmitted across four decades. -- .
The author uses a thematic approach to dissect various periods in the series’ history, revealing how the interplay of institutional and economic factors shaped its development. With discussions that highlight achievement alongside the inherent tensions and conflicts of its production, *Public Issue Television* serves as a vital text for media scholars, political analysts, and anyone eager to understand the dynamics of television's role in shaping public discourse.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9780719062568
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.
Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9780719062568
Year: 2007
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Description:
Public issue television is a major contribution to understanding the relationship between television, politics and society. Based on full access to the archives, it offers a fascinating historical account of how one television series, Granada's World in Action, celebrated for its tough journalism, visual directness and public impact, functioned and developed over its run across 35 years between 1963 and 1998. In a succession of chapters looking at different periods in the series' development and at key dimensions of its distinctive identity, it gets deep inside the making of factual television and examines how a particular culture of production works within broader conditions of possibility and constraint. In particular, it charts the interwoven processes of change - technological, professional, aesthetic, institutional, economic, social and political.
As well as discussing achievement and success, it examines the tensions, the debates and open conflicts that formed part of the context within which the series was made and transmitted across four decades. -- .