The Peacock Committee and UK Broadcasting Policy
This fascinating collection of essays is the first full-length scholarly study of the genesis and influence of Alan Peacock's intellectually radical 'Report of the Committee on Financing the BBC' (1986), which fundamentally altered the principles governing the development of broadcasting policy in the UK.
| ISBN: | 9780230524743 |
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| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Produktart: | Gebunden |
| Herausgeber: | Jones, J. O'Malley, T. |
| Verlag: | Springer Nature EN |
| Veröffentlicht: | 09.10.2009 |
| Schlagworte: | B Civilization—History Communication Cultural History Film History Film and TV History Film and Television Studies Film history, theory & criticism Great Britain—History History History, Modern History of Britain and Ireland Media Studies Media and Communication Modern History Motion pictures and television Motion pictures—History Performing Arts Screen Studies Social & cultural history |
STEVEN BARNETT is Professor of Communications at the University of Westminster, UK SAMUEL BRITTAN is a columnist at the Financial Times RICHARD COLLINS is Professor of Media Studies at the Open University, UK JEREMY HARDIE has been an academic economist and a member of the Peacock Committee, and is now a Research Associate at the Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science, London School of Economics, UK PETER JAY has been an economic journalist for the Times and the BBC, served in the Treasury from 1961-67, and served as H.M. Ambassador to the USA from 1977-79 TONY LENNON has been the elected president of BECTU (Broadcasting Entertainment Cinematograph and Theatre Union) since 1991 ANTHONY MCNICHOLAS is a Senior Lecturer in Communications at the University of Westminster, UK DAVID NICHOLAS was Chairman of Independent Television News from 1960 to 1991 ALAN PEACOCK has been Chief Economic Adviser to the DTI, and the first Vice Chancellor of the University of Buckingham ALWYN ROBERTS has been a long-serving BBC Governor for Wales JEAN SEATON is Professor of Media History at the University of Westminster, UK KEVIN WILLIAMS is Professor of Media and Communication Studies at Swansea University, UK