The Anglo-American Media Connection

by Tunstall, Jeremy; Machin, David

• ISBN13: 9780198715238
• ISBN10: 0198715234
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2099-11-30
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Introduction


I: Britain and Other American Media Advantages


1. The USA as Popular Culture Number One


2. Brits on the Anglo-American team


3. Hollywood Genre Menu


4. Multiplication of Video Ch

Author Biography

Jeremy Tunstall is Professor of Sociology at City University, London.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Britain and Other American Media Advantages

The USA as Popular Culture Number One

Brits on the Anglo-American team

Hollywood Genre Menu

Multiplication of Video Channels and Programming

Washington as Media Policy Umpire and Commercial Booster

Bulking up for Digital: the Vertical Imperative

Britain as Media Number Two to the USA

Britain as Number Two in the Anglo-American Media

World News Duopoly

Public Service Broadcasting

British Popular Music and the BBC

Book Publishing: US-UK Merger

Advertising Agencies

Britain as Film, Television and Press Colony

Hollywood and British Media Subordination

Non-Citizen Press Moguls: Feuds and Foreign Policy

British Broadcasting Containment and Competition

Mrs Thatcher's Farewell Waive, Skys Satellite and Cable Monopoly

Will a British BBC Survive Until 2022?

IV: Europe adds Deregulation to Media Nationalism

France and the Germany Copy Italian Accident: Britain Follows Later

Television Without Frontiers: Brussels Misreads US Satellites and British Privatization

A Policy for Film Auteurs, But None for Hollywood

Sports Media: Advantage Europe, Game USA

Smaller Countries: Media Nationalism Multiplied

V: Conclusions

A Win for US Media, Not USA

Britain's Anglo-American Meda Mirage

Towards Euro- and Anglo-American Media

Bibliography

Index

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