On television
By: Pierre Bourdieu ; translated from the French by Priscilla Parkhurst Ferguson
Publisher: New Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 104
ISBN-13: 9781565844070; 9781565845121
Subjects: Televisie; Television; Social aspects; Journalism; Television broadcasting of news; Journalistiek
Work titles: Sur la télévision
Description: "On Television exposes the invisible mechanisms of manipulation and censorship that determine what appears on the small screen. Bourdieu shows how the ratings game has transformed journalism - and hence politics - and even such seemingly removed fields as law, science, art, and philosophy." "Bourdieu had long been concerned with the role of television in cultural and political life when he bypassed the political and commercial control of the television networks and addressed his country's viewers from the television station of the College de France. On Television, which expands on that lecture, not only describes the limiting and distorting effect of television on journalism and the world of ideas, but offers the blueprint for a counterattack."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 86-88) and index.