Changing Channels: Prospects for Television in a Digital World - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1860205445 ISBN 13: 9781860205446

Publisher: University of Luton Press, 1998

Synopsis

Changing Channels explores the potential impact of technological and structural change on audiovisual media in the light of the increasing likelihood of convergence between telecommunications, broadcasting, and computing.

About this title

Synopsis:

This work sets out to explore the potential impact of technological and structural change on the audiovisual media in the light of the increasing likelihood of convergence between telecommunications, broadcasting and computing. Although it could be argued that the future of broadcast television is irrelevant given the prospect of a multitude of digital services from which people select on demand, this vision of an interactive culture remains a distant goal for the immediate future. Technical, financial and creative hurdles still have to be overcome for this to become a reality, and nobody knows at this stage whether the public will eventually buy into the new offerings. For this reason, television is emerging as an important component of digital services. Starting with some basic questions about the definitional, economic, cultural and political implications of change, the book provides an opportunity to construct conceptual and analytical base on which to judge future developments in the audiovisual field.

About the Author:

Jeanette Steemers is a senior lecturer at De Montfort University.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Luton Press
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 1860205445
• ISBN 13: 9781860205446
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192
• Editor: Steemers Jeanette