Colleagues might be interested in this new book, which is available to order now:
'A European Television History' edited by Jonathan Bignell and Andreas Fickers (Wiley-
Blackwell, 2008)
ISBN: 978-1-4051-6339-2 (Hardcover), 978-1-4051-6340-8 (Paperback).
288 pages
'A 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 reflect
their specific areas of expertise.
"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.
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