On Screen Rivals: Cinema and Television in the United States and Britain
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
On Screen Rivals: Cinema and Television in the United States and Britain
By (Author) Jane Stokes
Palgrave Macmillan
Palgrave Macmillan
1st November 1999
United Kingdom
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Media studies
Films, cinema
Television
302.2340941
Physical Properties
Hardback
256
Width 138mm, Height 216mm
Description
This text explores the relationship between the film and television industries in Britain and America, charting the changes in the relationship between them and their relative status in the cultural field. Building on historical scholarship, the text offers a paradigm for theorising the media, analysing the way in which media are structured within the milieu of "cultural technologies". A wide range of films about television are discussed including such classics as "Network" and "Videodrome".
Author Bio
JANE STOKES is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Media and Society at South Bank University and co-editor, with Anna Reading, of The Media in Britain (Macmillan, 1999).
