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The Anglo-American media connection

Title: The Anglo-American media connection / Jeremy Tunstall and David Machin.
Author: Tunstall, Jeremy.
Publication: New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.

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Additional Authors

Machin, David, 1966-

Description

viii, 286 pages; 24 cm

Summary

"The Anglo-American media constitutes one of the world's most familiar, and least analysed, alliances. For the United States media, this close-connection with Britain is one of several unambiguous American international media trading advantages. For Britain the relationship is more ambiguous: in news and factual media Britain can realistically see itself as the world media number two, but across the broad range of entertainment Britain is closer to being a colonial dependency of Hollywood.
All other European countries are also both media nationalists and Hollywood dependents." "Spanning a broad range from advertising to publishing, pop music and pornography, this book also addresses the media future: does the merger of American TV networks with Hollywood companies constitute a new 'Hollyweb' cartel which excludes European companies? Can the BBC survive until 2022? Can televised sport help to create a European identity?"--BOOK JACKET.

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Contents

Pt. 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 Channels and Programming. 5. Washington as Media Policy Umpire and Commercial Booster. 6. Bulking up for Digital: The Vertical Imperative -- Pt. II. Britain as Media Number Two to the USA. 7. Britain as Number Two in the Anglo-American Media. 8. World News Duopoly. 9. Public Service Broadcasting. 10. British Popular Music and the BBC. 11. Book Publishing: US-UK Merger. 12. Advertising Agencies -- Pt. III. Britain as Film, Television, and Press Colony. 13. Hollywood and British Media Subordination. 14. Non-citizen Press Moguls: Feuds and Foreign Policy. 15. British Broadcasting Containment and Competition. 16. Mrs. Thatcher's Farewell Waive, Sky's Satellite and Cable Monopoly. 17. Will a British BBC Survive until 2022? -- Pt. IV. Europe Adds Deregulation to Media Nationalism.
18. France and Germany Copy Italian Accident: Britain Follows Later. 19. Television without Frontiers: Brussels Misreads US Satellites and British Privatization. 20. A Policy for Film Auteurs, but None for Hollywood. 21. Sports Media: Advantage Europe, Game USA. 22. Smaller Countries: Media Nationalism Multiplied -- Pt. V. Conclusions. 23. A Win for US Media, not USA. 24. Britain's Anglo-American Media Mirage. 25. Towards Euro-and Anglo-American Media.

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99032730

OCLC

ocm41540216

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Columbia University Libraries