| Description |
234 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
1. Introduction -- Pt. 1. On the Inside Looking Out: BBC Producers. 2. Aims, access and accountability. 3. The cultural politics of representation. 4. Controls, constraints and limitations. 5. Commissioners, gatekeepers and sweethearts. 6. Changing times -- Pt. 2. On the Outside Looking In: Independent Producers. 7. Aims, access and accountability. 8. The cultural politics of representation. 9. Controls, constraints and limitations. 10. Commissioners, gatekeepers and sweethearts. 11. Changing times -- Pt. 3. Circling the Perimeter Fence: Cable TV Producers. 12. From Asia Vision to AsiaNet - by Patrick Ismond. 13. Identity TV - by Patrick Ismond -- Pt. 4. Conclusion. 14. Conclusion |
| Summary |
"Television and Ethnic Minorities: Producers' Perspectives critically examines the professional thinking and practices of television producers making ethnic minority programmes in a period of unprecedented change. The study elicits rare insights from BBC producers into the normally closed world of Britain's public service broadcaster and discusses its multi-cultural programme-making environment. Critical commentary from both commercial and community-based independents helps illustrate the difficulties and dilemmas confronted by producers when seeking programme commissions from Britain's major broadcasters. Also a study by Patrick Ismond of two cable TV operators - AsiaNet and Identity TV - narrowcasting to Asian and African-Caribbean audiences, documents how the hopes placed in new communication technologies for enhanced ethnic minority participation and representation are currently being undermined. Together, these three studies of public-service, independent and cable TV producers document the complex of forces currently surrounding programme makers and production and how these constrain and shape ethnic minority programmes and their representations."--BOOK JACKET. "The study is indispensable reading for all students interested in the mass media, ethnicity and 'race', as well as those working in the media industries and 'race' related fields."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-230) and index |
| Subject |
Ethnic television broadcasting -- Great Britain.
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Minorities in television broadcasting -- Great Britain.
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Minorities on television -- Great Britain.
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Minorities on television.
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| Author |
Ismond, Patrick.
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| LC no. |
96079841 |
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