Bücher der Reihe Communication and Society

A classic study of the workings of the Hollywood television industry. The reader is taken behind the scenes to see how shows get their air time and how they are shaped by the political and cultural climate of the time.

Television entertainment rules supreme, one of the world's most important disseminators of information, ideas, and amusement. But is television entertainment art? Why do so many love it and so many hate or fear it? Does it offer a window to the world, or images of a fake world? This book addresses these questions offering examples.

In an examination of talk shows such as "Kilroy" and "The Oprah Winfrey Show", the authors analyze the "experts," contribution, the conventions of the genre, and the dangers and opportunities of televised public debates.

The first collection of cultural studies essays from Australia, selected and introduced for an international readership.

The first comprehensive study of the international popular music industry. The book examines how the industry is responding to the need to produce global starand discusses the effect of new media technologies.

In a series of case studies from Asia, Africa, North and South America, Europe, the Middle East and Australia, the contributors explore relationships between media, power and society in a variety of regional and national contexts, and the effects of globalization.

A close examination of American journalism with particular emphasis placed upon television news. Hallin looks at an institution that is torn between the needs of the market, political ideology and popular fashion, and journalistic professionalism.

Television sports coverage is examined in the first study of its kind. This book considers the historical development of sport on television and the way that sponsorship and television have re-shaped sport.

"Media Moguls" details the emergence of a few very powerful individuals in control of large sections of world communications industries during an era of media de-regulation. The book considers the transatlantic trade of Hollywood television, the international news agencies and the influence of media lobbying over EC policy-makers.