A European Television History

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Jonathan Bignell (University of Reading, UK) Andreas Fickers (Utrecht University, Netherlands)

A European Television History

Jonathan Bignell (University of Reading, UK), Andreas Fickers (Utrecht University, Netherlands)

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Wiley-Blackwell
21 November 2008

Television; Radio & television industry

European Television History brings together television historians and media scholars to chart the development of television in Europe since its inception. The volume interrogates the history of the medium in divergent political, economic, cultural and ideological national contexts

Taking a comparative approach to the topic, the volume is organized around a set of common questions, themes, and methodological reflections Deals with European television in the context of television historiography and transnational traditions Case study chapters written by scholars from different European countries to reflect their specific areas of expertise

Edited by: Jonathan Bignell (University of Reading UK), Andreas Fickers (Utrecht University, Netherlands)
Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 254mm, Width: 203mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 284g
ISBN: 9781405163408
ISBN 10: 1405163402
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 21 November 2008
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

List of Contributors vii Acknowledgements ix 1 Introduction: Comparative European Perspectives on Television History 1 Jonathan Bignell and Andreas Fickers 2 Early TV: Imagining and Realising Television 55 Knut Hickethier 3 Institutionalising European Television: The Shaping of European Television Institutions and Infrastructures 79 Christina Adamou, with Isabelle Gaillard and Dana Mustata 4 Searching for an Identity for Television: Programmes, Genres, Formats 101 Jérôme Bourdon, with Juan Carlos Ibáñez, Catherine Johnson and Eggo Müller 5 TV Nations or Global Medium? European Television Between National Institution and Window on the World 127 Sonja de Leeuw, with Alexander Dhoest, Juan Francisco Gutiérrez Lozano, François Heinderyckx, Anu Koivunen and Jamie Medhurst 6 American Television: Point of Reference or European Nightmare? 154 Ib Bondebjerg, with Tomasz Goban-Klas, Michele Hilmes, Dana Mustata, Helle Strandgaard-Jensen, Isabelle Veyrat-Masson and Susanne Vollberg 7 European Television Events and Euro-visions: Tensions between the Ordinary and the Extraordinary 184 Rob Turnock, with Alexander Hecht, Dana Mustata, Mari Pajala and Alison Preston 8 European Television Audiences: Localising the Viewers 215 Mats Björkin, with Juan Francisco Gutiérrez Lozano 9 Conclusion: Reflections on Doing European Television History 229 Andreas Fickers and Jonathan Bignell 10 European Television Archives and the Search for Audiovisual Sources 257 Andy O’Dwyer Index 264

JONATHAN BIGNELL is Professor of Television and Film at the University of Reading (UK). ANDREAS FICKERS is Assistant Professor for Television History at the University of Utrecht (NL).

Reviews for A European Television History

The approaches of this book...should become part of the preparation of anyone teaching about television. (Communication Research Trends, 2009) With this collection, Bignell and Fickers bring together an outstanding team of scholars to draw together the best of existing and new scholarship in the field. This collection should inform all future studies of television, media history and, given the centrality of media to the formation of contemporary Europe, the study of European history as a whole. Sean Cubitt, Director of the Program in media and Communications, University of Melbourne