Clark Politics and the Media

Film and Television for the Political Scientist and Historian
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-4831-5516-6
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, 184 Seiten, Web PDF

Politics and the Media: Film and Television for the Political Scientist and Historian focuses on the use of film and television in the study of history and political science. Television-based history teaching in the context of the traditional university is discussed, along with the impact of broadcasting in democratic politics and the possibilities of using film in courses on American government and politics. This book is comprised of 14 chapters and begins with an analysis of some of the ramifying problems of media production in the political field, paying particular attention to the priorities and constraints within which the political message has been conceived, stored, and transmitted. The experience of the BBC in the presentation of political and current affairs on television is highlighted. Attention turns to problems associated with availability of material; the political content of broadcasting; and Hollywood feature films as social and political evidence. Subsequent chapters explore film as a teaching resource; the structural approach to film analysis; broadcast television archives; and audiovisual sources and research into modern British politics. The final chapter presents an annotated list of some European film collections. This monograph will be of value to political scientists, historians, teachers, students, researchers, and the general public interested in broadcast media.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Clark, M. J.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Front Cover;1
2;Politics and the Media: Film and Television for the Political Scientist and Historian;4
3;Copyright Page;5
4;Table of Contents;6
5;Introduction to the Series;8
6;Acknowledgements;9
7;Introduction;10
8;SECTION I: THE PRODUCTION CONTEXT;12
8.1;Chapter 1.The development of an approach to the presentation of political and current affairs on television: the experience of the BBC;14
8.1.1;REFERENCES;19
8.2;Chapter 2. Television and current affairs;20
8.2.1;REFERENCES;27
8.3;Chapter 3. Production and the political content of broadcasting;28
8.3.1;REFERENCES;34
8.4;Chapter 4. America on screen? Hollywood feature films as social and political evidence;36
8.4.1;REFERENCES;40
8.5;Chapter 5. From October to October: the Soviet political system in the 1920s and its films;42
8.5.1;REFERENCES;50
9;SECTION II: RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE ACADEMIC USER AND PRODUCER;54
9.1;Chapter 6. Television-based history teaching in the context of the traditional university;56
9.1.1;NOTES AND REFERENCES;67
9.2;Chapter 7. The political scientist as film-maker: some reflections concerning a German filmic documentation project on election campaigning;70
9.2.1;POLITICAL-SCIENTIFIC BACKGROUND;71
9.2.2;METHODOLOGICAL BACKGROUND;72
9.2.3;TELEVISION;73
9.2.4;INSTITUTE CAMPAIGN PROJECT;73
9.2.5;CRITERIA FOR SELECTING THE THEMES FOR DOCUMENTATION;73
9.2.6;PRINCIPLES OF DOCUMENTATION;75
9.2.7;THE RECEPTION OF THE DOCUMENTS BY THOSE WHO HAD BEEN DOCUMENTED;76
9.2.8;FILM ANALYSIS THROUGH 'ANALYSIS-FILM'?;77
9.2.9;CONCLUSION;78
9.2.10;SURVEY OF THE THEMES OF DOCUMENTATION;79
9.2.11;REFERENCES;80
10;SECTION III: THE MESSAGE RECEIVED – A USER PERSPECTIVE;81
10.1;Chapter 8. An overview of recent research into the impact of broadcasting in democratic politics;82
10.1.1;THE REINFORCEMENT DOCTRINE OF POLITICAL COMMUNICATION EFFECTS;83
10.1.2;NEW ENVIRONMENT;84
10.1.3;A NEW MEDIUM;86
10.1.4;NEW MODELS;88
10.1.5;NEW EVIDENCE;89
10.1.6;THE LESSONS OF RESEARCH: A PROVISIONAL SUMMING-UP;92
10.1.7;REFERENCES;94
10.2;Chapter 9. Political style on film: Neville Chamberlain;98
10.2.1;NOTES AND REFERENCES;103
10.3;Chapter 10. Film as a teaching resource: the possibilities of using film in American government and politics courses;106
10.3.1;REFERENCES;113
10.4;Chapter 11. Film analysis – the structural approach;116
10.4.1;INTRODUCTION;116
10.4.2;THE BASIC CHARACTER OF METZ'S SYNTAGMATIC ANALYSIS;117
10.4.3;THE SYNTAGMATIC CATEGORIES (ORIGINAL AND DEVELOPED VERSION);119
10.4.4;THE SYNTAGMATIC HIERARCHY;124
10.4.5;HOW ARE THE LIMITS OF THE SYNTAGMAS DETERMINED?;124
10.4.6;SYNTAGMATIC ABBREVIATIONS AND SIGNATURES;126
10.4.7;THE SUB-SYNTAGMATIC LEVEL;134
10.4.8;CONCLUSION;134
10.4.9;NOTES AND REFERENCES;135
11;SECTION IV: SOURCES;138
11.1;Chapter 12. Seizing the moving image: broadcast television archives;140
11.1.1;ARCHIVAL NEGLECT AND ITS IMPLICATIONS;141
11.1.2;TOE IDEAL TELEVISION ARCHIVE;143
11.1.3;THE STATE OF EXISTING COLLECTIONS;144
11.1.4;SCHOLARLY ACCOMMODATION TO A NEW MEDIUM;145
11.2;Chapter 13. Audio–visual sources and research into modern British politics;150
11.2.1;RESEARCH REVIEW;151
11.2.2;SOURCES OF AUDIO-VISUAL MATERIAL;152
11.2.3;ARE THE ASSUMPTIONS VALID?;155
11.2.4;CONCLUSION;158
11.2.5;NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF BRITISH FILM AND TELEVISION ARCHIVES AND LIBRARIES;159
11.2.6;NOTES AND REFERENCES;160
11.3;Chapter 14. Some European film collections: an annotated list;162
11.3.1;AUSTRIA;162
11.3.2;BELGIUM;163
11.3.3;BULGARIA;163
11.3.4;CZECHOSLOVAKIA;164
11.3.5;DENMARK;164
11.3.6;FINLAND;165
11.3.7;FRANCE;166
11.3.8;GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC;167
11.3.9;GERMAN FEDERAL REPUBLIC;168
11.3.10;GREECE;170
11.3.11;HUNGARY;170
11.3.12;IRELAND (REPUBLIC);170
11.3.13;ITALY;171
11.3.14;NETHERLANDS;172
11.3.15;NORWAY;172
11.3.16;POLAND;173
11.3.17;PORTUGAL;173
11.3.18;RUMANIA;173
11.3.19;SOVIET UNION see USSR;174
11.3.20;SPAIN;174
11.3.21;SWEDEN;174
11.3.22;SWITZERLAND;175
11.3.23;USSR;175
11.3.24;YUGOSLAVIA;176
11.3.25;BIBLIOGRAPHY;176
12;Index;178