A loss of innocence? : television and Irish society, 1960-72 / Robert J. Savage.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Savage, Robert J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Television--Social aspects--Ireland--History--20th century.

Television.

Television--Social aspects--Northern Ireland--History--20th century.

Television--Political aspects--Ireland--History--20th century.

Television--Political aspects--Northern Ireland--History--20th century.

Television--Religious aspects--History--20th century.

Television--Religious aspects.

History.

Television--Political aspects.

Television--Social aspects.

Northern Ireland.

Ireland.

Physical Description:

xii, 401 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press ; New York : Distributed in the United States exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.

Summary:

Exploring the evolution of Ireland's national television service during its first tumultuous decade, this book addresses how the medium helped undermine the conservative political, cultural and social consensus that dominated Ireland into the 1960s.

Contents:

1 A compromise with commerce?

The origins of Irish television

2 'A stanger among us'*: Edward Roth and the establishment of Telefis Éireann

3 An instrument of public policy?

Political culture and television in Lemass's Ireland

4 Transition*

5 'Irresponsible, amateurish, lacking in research, lacking in fact'?

The limits of public service broadcasting and the 1969 7 days tribunal

6 Religious broadcasting

7 Radharc*, the Catholic Church and cultural shift in modern Ireland

8 Finding a voice?

The Irish language and Irish television

9 A box of troubles*, television and Northern Ireland.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780719077852

0719077850

OCLC:

456171850