The Decline and Fall of Public Service Broadcasting (Hardcover, New)

Public broadcasting is the single most important social, cultural, and journalistic institution of the 20th 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 with specific emphasis on global developments and events in the United Kingdom, Japan, Europe, and the United States. Michael Tracey argues that public service broadcasting has been a vital and democratically significant institution now experiencing a terminal decline brought about by changes in political, economic, and technological circumstances. Based on years of research and extensive contact with leading public broadcasters around the world, the author examines how public service broadcasting has vainly (and often ineffectually) struggled to survive in recent years. The author concludes that public broadcasting is, as was once said of Weimar, a corpse on leave. Its likely disappearance constitutes an indication of a real and deep-seated crisis within liberal democracy.

General

Imprint:	Clarendon Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	1998
First published:	March 1998
Authors:	Michael Tracey (Professor and Director, Center for Mass Media Research)
Dimensions:	243 x 162 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	320
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-815925-4
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > Media studies Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Media, information & communication industries > Radio & television industry
LSN:	0-19-815925-0
Barcode:	9780198159254

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