His is a thoughtful review of the literature on objectivity, news as propaganda, and control of news, and an intelligent, if conspicuously left leaning history of American broadcast news. Dellinger s writing is always clear and crisp and perhaps in consideration of his largely Nordic audience, is not inundated with English jargon. The dissertation provides excellent footnotes throughout. Dellinger makes an important start at understanding cultural impacts of imported television news, a phenomena too long ignored or glossed over by scholars. But just as he wisely discards empirical analytic paradigms, he must also discard the outdated media imperialism paradigm which lurks in his project s recesses.
Global conglomerates create global products for an imaginary global audience.
As the global broadcasters grow, Dellinger s will surely not be the last word on this topic. The Ambivalences of Watching Dagsrevyen. Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Mass Communication, University of Bergen, Norway. Culture in Finnish and US Television News.