Whose finger on the button? british television and the politics of cultural control

• Published in: Historical journal of film, radio, and television Vol. 25; no. 4; pp. 547 - 575
• Main Author: Black, Lawrence
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dorchester-on-Thames Routledge 01.10.2005; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Culture; Historical analysis; Interactive control; Politics; Social control; Television; United Kingdom > UK

'The study of television', John Corner suggests, 'has suffered from a lack of historical studies'. This was 'a particular problem in Britain', where studies of television were prone to 'privileging questions of policy and organisation' rather than obtaining a...