European Television History is a muchneeded text that brings togethertelevision historians and media scholars to chart the development of televisionin Europe si... » 

European Television History is a muchneeded text that brings togethertelevision historians and media scholars to chart the development of televisionin Europe since its inception. Taking an insistently comparative approach tothe topic and organizing the volume around a set of common questions themesand methodological reflections the volume interrogates the history of themedium in divergent political economic cultural and ideological nationalcontexts. Organised around critical debates that illuminate the many waystelevision has grown up in Europe European Television History is anauthoritative account of the development of television in the various countriesof Europe. The volume will be welcome among students of media culture andhistory as well as academic specialists seeking a coherent methodology andsource text for their research. «