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Network Nations : a Transnational History of British and American Broadcasting.

In Network Nations, Michele Hilmes reveals and re-conceptualizes the roots of media globalization through a historical look at the productive transnational cultural relationship between British and American broadcasting. Though frequently painted as opposites--the British public service tradition co...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hilmes, Michele
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : Francis, Taylor & amp ; 2012.
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  • Front Cover; Network Nations; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Thinking Transnationally--The Anglo- American Axis; Nations, National Identity, and the Transnational; Chapter Summary; Part 1: The Nations Imagine Radio, 1922-1938; 1. Chaos and Control; The Radio Corporation of America; Citizens and Entrepreneurs; British Caution; The Uses of Chaos; 2. National Broadcasting in Britain; Making the Nation as One Man; A Unified National Culture; Cultural Chaos and Change; 3. The "American System"; Local versus National; Networks and Affiliates.
  • Debates and ChangePart 1: Conclusion: Towards Transnationalism; Part 2: Trans-Atlantic Convergence, 1938-1946; 4. Enormous Changes at the Last Minute; Listener Research; Offshore Commercial Competitors; Competition at Home: The Forces Programme; Reaching Out: The North American Service; 5. The Politics and Poetics of Neutrality; Radio, Rockefeller, and Reform; The Strange Case of WRUL; Culture in the Public Service; 6. In It Together: Wartime Radio; New: News; The North American Service: Transatlantic Programs; Reaching Across, and Down; Over T/Here: The American Forces Network.
  • Part 2: Conclusion: Post-War VisionsPart 3: Television, Trade, and Transculturation, 1946-1975; 7. Disentangling and Differentiation, 1946-1955; The "Blue Book" and the Revolt Against Radio; The Beveridge Report and the American Other; Building Transnational Exchange: "Ivory Towers Sound" and Vision; Alistair Cooke, the Ford Foundation, and Omnibus; 8. New Directions and Disputes, 1955-1964; The Queen, the Chimp, and Commercial TV; Men in Tights: Mid-Atlantic Filmed Series; De-commercialization and a Network for Eggheads: TV Reforms, 1955-1964.
  • Transnational Exchange and Co-Production: 1955-19649. Transatlantic Partnerships, 1964-1975; Sydney Newman and Transatlantic Drama; The Transatlantic Popular; PBS: The Great Society and the "Primarily British Service"; Co-Productions: If you can't beat 'em . . .; Part 3: Conclusion: Going Global; 10. Towards "Globalization"; How we Talk about Transnational Media; Final Points; Notes; Manuscript Collections; Bibliography; Index.