Members of the france-media list may be interested in the following recent 
publication:

TELEVISION BROADCASTING IN COMTEMPORARY FRANCE AND BRITAIN
Edited by Michael Scriven and Monia Lecomte

The importance of contemporary television broadcasting for the shaping and 
development of national cultures and identities is increasingly evident.  
Television as the privileged medium for the dissemination of information and 
for mass entertainment has irreversibly altered the manner in which nations 
perceive themselves and each other.  This volume explores the multiple and 
complex ways in which audio-visual developments in two important European 
states have impacted on the life styles and attitudes of the population at 
large and its governing elites.

This is the first study that is devoted to the highly significant roles 
played by France and Britain in the formulation of European audio-visual 
policy and that provides a truly comparative analysis of the contemporary 
audio-visual scene in the two countries.  It consists of four complementary 
sections: an overview of the audio-visual landscapes in Britain and France; 
an analysis of television programming; an account of the new cable and 
satellite media, and an assessment of European audio-visual integration.  
Overall, this volume offers a constructive contribution to the continuing 
debate on national and European broadcasting.

Part 1: Regulatory and Political Structures: Television and the State in 
Britain and France; Independent Regulatory Bodies; Privatisation: Two Models 
of Audio-Visual Liberalisation; The Future of Public Broadcasting
Part 2: Programming: France and Britain: Two Programming Models; 
Cinematographic Films on Television; Quality, Culture and Education
Part 3: The New Media: Satellite Television; Cable Television; Digital 
Television
Part 4: The Challenge of Europe: Multimedia Multinationals in France and 
Britain; The Europeanisation of French and British Television Programming; 
Franco-British Co-Productions; The European Union Audio-visual Policies of 
the UK and France

Michael Scriven is Professor of European Studies at the University of the 
West of England.  He has published extensively in the field of French and 
European intellectual history, culture and politics.  He is co-editor of 
Sartre Studies International.  Monia Lecomte is Research Assistant at the 
University of the West of England, Bristol, and completing a doctoral thesis 
on French television.

If you would like further information about this title please contact:
Berghahn Books, 3 Newtec Place, Magdalen Road, Oxford, OX4 1RE
Email: [log in to unmask]

Inspection copies are available.


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