How did the British media represent European political parties during the European parliament elections, 2014: a Europeanized media agenda?

The European Parliament election of 2014 generated much interest on account of the rise of a whole array of populist ‘anti-EU’ parties. This was widely reported in the British media but did that coverage give British news consumers an insight into the character of these parties, where they stood in relation to one another and where they stood in relation to Britain’s own UKIP? This paper sets out to examine not only how much coverage there was in the British media about European political parties but also whether that coverage enabled citizens to get a sense of the political positioning of populist anti-EU parties. These questions touch on the extent to which British media reflect and comment on populist parties, European affairs and hence on the Europeanization of the news agenda

Social media campaigning in Europe: Mapping the terrain

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There can be little doubt that Trine Syvertsen's analysis of the creation and development of public television in Britain and Norway is a timely contribution to our understanding of the changes which such institutions are currently undergoing. But Syvertsen's aims go beyond merely highlighting the sorts of contemporary forces which are forcing change. In her words, she seeks to develop 'elements of a more general approach to how broadcasting structures develop and change in liberal capi talist societies.' (p. 329

‘A sense of region’? : independent television in the Midlands, 1950-2000

This project has been undertaken with the intention of discussing two closely related themes, the first of which is to provide a general history of ITV's performance in the Midlands in the twentieth century, in which the most significant events to have occurred during this period have been analysed, and various assessments on these events have emerged as a result. The second, and most important, of these themes, concerns the concept of `regional identity', leading to the question of the extent to which the companies that have represented TTV in the Midlands since the mid-1950s (ATV, ABC, Central, and Carlton) have attempted to create or reflect feelings of regionalism in general, and regional identity in particular, through their programmes and other activities. The information included in this study has come from a variety of sources, including reports and other relevant material from the companies themselves, and from the various broadcasting authorities, whose responsibility has been to administer the work of the companies. In addition, this project contains extracts from a series of interviews with some of the most important people connected with ITV in the Midlands, including presenters, producers, and senior executives from the various companies, and other interested parties, including representatives from the broadcasting authorities. This study concludes with an examination of Carlton's record in the Midlands following its takeover of Central in 1994, and considers the future prospects for ITV in the Midlands under Carlton or any other company that assumes control of the broadcasting licence for the commercial channel in this region.EThOS - Electronic Theses Online ServiceGBUnited Kingdo

Cable television and community access.

Greenwich Cablevision Limited ran Britain's first Community Television experiment from July 1972 to December 1974. The experiment utilised the company's cable network available to 14,000 subscribers. It was a local based channel of communication intent on involving local volunteers in all aspects of programme making and granting them full access to the means of programme production and transmission. The experiment was seen by the cable television industry as a preliminary step towards the fuller exploitation of the cable technology itself. The research presented here, carried out between 1972 and 1975, examines the history of the industry whose growth has long been contained by private and public interests. Interviews with volunteers and salaried staff were the main sources of information on the extent of participation in the medium, the production (by volunteers) of programmes and the development of the experiment. The information confirmed the variety of forms that participation could take ranging from helping out to making entire programmes and the low level of participation in the experiment as a whole. A small number of volunteers did, however, become heavily involved in all stages of programme production and took on special responsibilities for both entire programmes and other voluntary participants. A structure similar to that of the mass media thus evolved where none had been intended. Surveys of local residents and of local voluntary associations highlighted the low level of participation in both programme making and viewing despite knowledge of the channel's existence. Ceblevision partially succeeded in its aims to involve and interest local people in programme production. Its closure reflects the economic background to the experiment and the need to find alternative sources of finance to fund novel and financially unprofitable forms of broadcasting