Television Across Europe: A Comparative Introduction
London: Sage (2000), 273 pp.
Contains illustrations, bibliogr. pp. 253-268, index
ISBN 0-7619-6885-7
Signature commbox: 400:40-General 2000
"Divided into three parts, the book moves from the European broadcasting environment, through current patterns and trends in programming and programme making, to TV genres and issue-specific broadcasting. Incorporating a range of pedagogical devices: boxes of key facts, activities and notes for further reading, Television across Europe offers an essential introductory guide to television in Western Europe." (Publisher description)
Preface / Jan Wieten, Graham Murdock and Peter Dahlgren
I. TELEVISION ENVIRONMENTS: TRADITIONS AND TRANSITIONS
Introduction / Peter Dahlgren
1 The Status of TV Broadcasting in Europe / Kees Brants and Els De Bens
2 Key Trends in European Television / Peter Dahlgren
3 Digital Futures European Television in the Age of Convergence / Graham Murdock
II. TELEVISION TRENDS: ORGANIZATION AND REPRESENTATION
Introduction / Graham Murdock
4 Programming and Channel Competition in European Television / Taisto Hujanen
5 Popular Drama: Travelling Templates and National Fictions / Albert Moran
6 Programme Making across Borders: The 'Eurosud' News Magazine / Aur[ac]elie Laborde and Michel Perrot
7 Television Audiences / Winfried Schulz
III. TELEVISION GENRES: BORDERS AND FLOWS
Introduction / Jan Wieten
8 Music Television: MTV Europe / Keith Roe and Gust De Meyer
9 Arts Television: Questions of Culture / Marit Bakke
10 Breakfast TV: Infotainers at Daybreak / Jan Wieten
11 Talk Shows: Democratic Debates and Tabloid Tales / Graham Murdock
12 Television Current Affairs: The Case of Northern Ireland / Greg McLaughlin
13 Television News: The Case of the French Road Blockades / Sari Näsi
I. TELEVISION ENVIRONMENTS: TRADITIONS AND TRANSITIONS
Introduction / Peter Dahlgren
1 The Status of TV Broadcasting in Europe / Kees Brants and Els De Bens
2 Key Trends in European Television / Peter Dahlgren
3 Digital Futures European Television in the Age of Convergence / Graham Murdock
II. TELEVISION TRENDS: ORGANIZATION AND REPRESENTATION
Introduction / Graham Murdock
4 Programming and Channel Competition in European Television / Taisto Hujanen
5 Popular Drama: Travelling Templates and National Fictions / Albert Moran
6 Programme Making across Borders: The 'Eurosud' News Magazine / Aur[ac]elie Laborde and Michel Perrot
7 Television Audiences / Winfried Schulz
III. TELEVISION GENRES: BORDERS AND FLOWS
Introduction / Jan Wieten
8 Music Television: MTV Europe / Keith Roe and Gust De Meyer
9 Arts Television: Questions of Culture / Marit Bakke
10 Breakfast TV: Infotainers at Daybreak / Jan Wieten
11 Talk Shows: Democratic Debates and Tabloid Tales / Graham Murdock
12 Television Current Affairs: The Case of Northern Ireland / Greg McLaughlin
13 Television News: The Case of the French Road Blockades / Sari Näsi
