Turning off the television : broadcasting's uncertain future / Jock Given.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Given, Jock, 1960-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Radio broadcasting--Australia.

Radio broadcasting.

Digital television--Australia.

Digital television.

Australia.

Physical Description:

xiv, 328 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Kensington, N.S.W. : University of New South Wales Press, 2003.

Summary:

Turning off the Television is about tomorrow's broadcasting. From the dot-com crash to Marconi and back, from the digital age forward into an uncertain future, Jock Given explores the constant shifts in the technologies, business models and social uses of TV and radio. He explains the enduring aspects of broadcast media that have attracted so much government policy attention, and what might happen to them in the future. Sceptical about the hype, optimistic about the possibilities, honest about the scale of the policy challenges, Turning off the Television is essential reading for anyone interested in the future of media.

Contents:

Part I Reaching from the Tech Wreck 1

1 The end of the beginning 3

Part II Turning on the Wireless 17

2 Broadcasting babies 19

3 Something special 43

Part III Getting Digital 61

4 The Information Age 63

5 Inventing digital technology 81

Part IV Choices 97

6 What to do with digital technology? 99

7 Policy choices in the United States and United Kingdom 117

8 Australia's choices: the 1998 decisions 139

9 More choices: the 2000 decisions 159

Part V Broadcasting's Uncertain Future 187

10 Change and resistance 189

11 Switching on 237

12 Turning off the television 275.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [307]-312) and index.

ISBN:

0868405000

OCLC:

52504746