From media systems to media cultures : understanding socialist television / Sabina Mihelj, Loughborough University ; Simon Huxtable, Loughborough University.

By:

Mihelj, Sabina [author.]

Contributor(s):

Huxtable, Simon, 1980- [author.]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Communication, society and politicsPublisher: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2018Description: xiii, 369 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781108422604 (hardback)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

335.4 23 MIH.F

LOC classification:

HX550.M35 M54 2018

Other classification:

POL040020

Summary: "In From Media Systems to Media Cultures: Understanding Socialist Television, Sabina Mihelj and Simon Huxtable delve into the fascinating world of television under communism, using it to test a new framework for comparative media analysis. To understand the societal consequences of mass communication, the authors argue that we need to move beyond the analysis of media systems, and instead focus on the role of the media in shaping cultural ideals and narratives, everyday practices and routines. Drawing on a wealth of original data derived from archival sources, programme and schedule analysis, and oral history interviews, the authors show how communist authorities managed to harness the power of television to shape new habits and rituals, yet failed to inspire a deeper belief in communist ideals. This book and their analysis contains important implications for the understanding of mass communication in non-democratic settings, and provides tools for the analysis of media cultures globally"-- Provided by publisher.

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Dept. of Political Science Reference	Dept. of Political Science	Reference	335.4 MIH.F (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		POL22847

Includes bibliographical references (pages 330-358)

"In From Media Systems to Media Cultures: Understanding Socialist Television, Sabina Mihelj and Simon Huxtable delve into the fascinating world of television under communism, using it to test a new framework for comparative media analysis. To understand the societal consequences of mass communication, the authors argue that we need to move beyond the analysis of media systems, and instead focus on the role of the media in shaping cultural ideals and narratives, everyday practices and routines. Drawing on a wealth of original data derived from archival sources, programme and schedule analysis, and oral history interviews, the authors show how communist authorities managed to harness the power of television to shape new habits and rituals, yet failed to inspire a deeper belief in communist ideals. This book and their analysis contains important implications for the understanding of mass communication in non-democratic settings, and provides tools for the analysis of media cultures globally"-- Provided by publisher.

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