Abstract

Part 1 Origins and institutions: Albert Abrahamson, the invention of television William Boddy, the beginnings of American television Anthony Smith, television as a public service medium. Part 2 Forms and genres: Richard Paterson, drama and entertainment William Boddy, non-fiction television Steven Barnett, sport Daniel Dayan and Elihu Katz, political ceremony and instant history. Part 3 Television and society: Susan Briggs, television in the home and family Colin Shaw, taste, decency, and standards Philip Schlesinger, terrorism. Part 4: Les Brown, the American networks Marc Raboy, Canada Hidetoshi Kato, Japan Douglas Boyd, the Arab world Dietrich Berwanger, the Third World Pradip N. Thomas, South Asia Elizabeth Jacka and Leley Johnson, Australia Trine Syvertsen and Eli Skogerb, Scandinavia, Netherlands, Belgium Charles Okigbo, Africa Zhao Bin, China Sylvio Waisband, Latin America Richard Paterson and Anthony Smith, epilogue - the future television museums and archives.

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