Description
Book SynopsisCompletely updated and revised new edition of a standard work on television broadcasting
Trade Review'The best book about the medium to be published for some time' -- Time Out
'Hood was in television at a high level. He knows a great deal about its power politics, internal and external' -- Richard Hoggart, Guardian
Table of ContentsIntroduction
1. Television – A Map of the Medium
2. The Flow of Images and Gatekeeping
3. The Audience
4. The History of Terrestrial Television
5. The Regulatory Bodies
6. The Charter and the Act
7. The Growth of Government Intervention
8. The Thatcher Years--9. Enter Murdoch – A Cautionary Tale
10. The Thatcher Inheritance
11. Digital Television
12. Convergence--Index
