Overview

Advances in audiovisual technology, most notably the advent of the popular usage of digital technology in the last few years, have altered the face of popular television. Thanks to cable, satellite and now digital technology, television broadcasts can reach an international audience. The reaction from cultural critics has been mixed. As the debate concerning the effects of new telecommunications and audiovisual technology continues unabated, this book examines the underlying hypothesis that collective allegiances are moving away from the national paradigm towards the global/local model and provides a balanced appraisal of the depiction of a select number of group identities on television in Britain and France.

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Author:   Michael Scriven ,  Emily Roberts
Publisher:   Berghahn Books, Incorporated
Imprint:   Berghahn Books, Incorporated
Weight:   0.381kg
ISBN:  

9781571817938

ISBN 10:   157181793
Pages:   192
Publication Date:   17 April 2003
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Fragmentation of the Nation: National Identity and Television in France and Britain at the Turn of the 20th Century M. Scriven and E. Roberts Chapter 2. Adjusting to Diversity J-C. Sergeant Chapter 3. Constructing the National: Television and Welsh Identity K. Williams Chapter 4. Changing Expectations: Holyrood, Television and Scottish Identity A. Scullion Chapter 5. Storm Clouds of the Millennium: Regional Television News in Aquitaine and the West of England M. Scriven and E. Roberts Chapter 6. The Representation of Maghrebis on French Television J. Helcke Chapter 7. From Comic Asians to Asian Comics M. Gillespie Chapter 8. Curiosity, Fear and Control: The Ambiguous Representation of Hip-Hop on French Television C. Warne Chapter 9. Green Activist Identities on British Television D. Wall Chapter 10. Going out to the Straight Community: Televisual and Heteronormative Logics in Representations of Homosexuality M. Pratt Chapter 11. Televisual Identity in the 21st Century: Constructing the Post-modern Group M. Scriven and E. Roberts Annex I: Interview with Akli Tadjer Annex II: Interview with Nina Wadia Bibliography Index

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... a fascinating and insightful study.A * French Review

... a fascinating and insightful study. * French Review

Author Information

Michael Scriven is Professor of European Studies at the University of the West of England, Bristol, and has published extensively in the field of French and European intellectual history, culture, and politics.

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