Broadcasting in the UK and US in the 1950s : historical perspectives / edited by Jamie Medhurst, Siân Nicholas, Tom O'Malley.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Medhurst, Jamie, editor.

Nicholas, Siân, editor.

O'Malley, Tom, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Television broadcasting--United States--History--20th century.

Television broadcasting.

Radio broadcasting--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Radio broadcasting.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (243 p.)

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, [England] : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2016.

Summary:

In an age of digital communications, where radio, satellite, television and computing have come together to allow instant access to information and entertainment from around the globe, it is sometimes easy to overstate the break with the recent past that these developments imply. However, from a historical perspective, it is important to recognise that the national dimensions of communications, including broadcasting, have always been framed within different sets of international political, economic, cultural, and technological relationships. Television, so easily seen as the last technology t

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 17, 2016).

ISBN:

1-4438-9319-6

OCLC:

949668936