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Synopsis
John Hartley's new book defends the place of television in our lives, suggesting that it reunites government, education and media to create a new kind of cultural teaching which communicates across social and geographical boundaries.
Booknews
Hartley (journalism, media, and cultural studies, Cardiff U.) reassesses the potential both of the medium itself and of the academic study of it. He looks at the history of broadcast television from its earliest moments, traces the critical reception it has received throughout, considers the effect of the vast and unknowable audience on the medium, explores the role of television in promoting cultural citizenship, and describes the effects of knowledge produced by the formal study of it. He suggests television can be seen in a positive light as encouraging democracy and citizenship. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknew.com)