Contemporary World Television

What is happening in the arena of world television today? With intense commercialisation and ever more open national markets, with technological convergence and the concentration of ownership, the international television landscape is changing at a bewildering pace and in a host of different ways. Contemporary World Television presents a unique overview of these global issues. It looks at how these transformations have affected television, the public interest and society across the globe, and how the role of television as a nation-builder is showing signs of erosion and evolution. The book's international host of expert contributors also examine television's handling of news, sexual content and the role the medium can play in unfolding military conflict, while additionally providing surveys of how seismic shifts in the industry and culture of television have diversely affected many different countries, regions and language communities outside of the Anglophone mainstream. The book comes with case studies and selected reading guides and provides a transparent, accessible but in-depth introduction to the central developments, issues and concerns in contemporary international television. Book jacket.