Author : Kuhn, Raymond
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 44,43 MB
Release : 2011-03-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0335236227
This is an up-to-date account of the news media of press, radio, television and the internet in one of the major media states of the European Union.
Author : Raymond Kuhn
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 21,53 MB
Release : 2006-04-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1134980531
Tackles key issues eg audiovisual expansion, covers press, radio, TV and `new media'. Author specialist in field.
Author : Deborah Streifford Reisinger
Publisher : Purdue University Press
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 34,90 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781557534330
Reisinger examines contemporary French society's relationship with violence in an era of increased media dominance. The study's innovative and interdisciplinary approach integrates media, cinema, and literary studies to analyze how crime news functions as a site of discursive struggle. By situating these crime stories in a larger historical and political context, she analyzes how media and politicians use the crime story as a tool for upholding the dominant ideology.
Author : Michael Scriven
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 39,47 MB
Release : 1999-04-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 180073509X
The importance of contemporary television broadcasting for the shaping and development of national cultures and identities is increasingly evident. Television as the privileged medium for the dissemination of information and for mass entertainment has irreversibly altered the manner in which nations perceive themselves and each other. This volume explores the multiple and complex ways in which audiovisual developments in two important European states have impacted on the life styles and attitudes of the population at large and its governing elites. This is the first study that is devoted to the highly significant roles played by France and Britain in the formulation of European audiovisual policy and that provides a truly comparative analysis of the contemporary audiovisual scene in the two countries. It consists of four complementary sections: an overview of the audiovisual landscapes in Britain and France; an analysis of television programming; an account of the new cable and satellite media, and an assessment of European audiovisual integration. Overall, this volume offers a constructive contribution to the continuing debate on national and European broadcasting.
Author : David Howarth
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 50,12 MB
Release : 2014-03-18
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 1444118870
At least since the French Revolution, France has the peculair distinction of simultaneously fascinating, charming and exasperating its neighbours and foreign observers. Contemporary France provides an essential introduction for students of French politics and society, exploring contemporary developments while placing them in a deeper historical, intellectual, cultural and social context that makes for insightful analysis. Thus, chapters on France's economic policy and welfare state, its foreign and European policies and its political movements and recent institutional developments are informed by an analysis of the country's unique political and institutional traditions, distinct forms of nationalism and citizenship, dynamic intellectual life and recent social trends. Summaries of key political, economic and social movements and events are displayed as exhibits.
Author : R. Derderian
Publisher : Springer
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 19,86 MB
Release : 2016-04-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1137066989
Derderian looks at the large North African population in France and their attempts for recognition in a country which has long denied its rich immigration past and present. He considers how the North African community has developed from the late 1970s to the mid-1990s, especially in their political and cultural initiatives. Derderian examines the radio station Radio Beur and the television show La Famille Ramdam , as well as political initiatives and the role of ethnic minorities in defining prominent French sites of memory such as the working-class suburbs or banlieues and the Algerian War. Based largely on oral history, Derderian draws from a wealth of interviews with North African artists and creators as well as various French cultural actors.
Author : Alex Hughes
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 641 pages
File Size : 17,6 MB
Release : 1998
Category : France
ISBN : 0415131863
An international team of scholars contribute over 700 entries on contemporary French culture that range from Art, Gender, Politics and Literature to Media and the Economy. It is a vital companion for anyone interested in the culture of modern France.
Author : Jonathan Ervine
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 40,49 MB
Release : 2019-11-29
Category : Humor
ISBN : 1789624649
Humour and freedom of expression were widely discussed following the January 2015 Charlie Hebdo attacks. However, much analysis failed to assess the evolution of French humour in recent decades. This book examines what both Charlie Hebdo and French stand-up comedy can tell us about multiculturalism and humour in contemporary France.
Author : Diana Holmes
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 37,4 MB
Release : 2017-10-03
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 1526130262
This groundbreaking book is about what ‘popular culture’ means in France, and how the term’s shifting meanings have been negotiated and contested. It represents the first theoretically informed study of the way that popular culture is lived, imagined, fought over and negotiated in modern and contemporary France. It covers a wide range of overarching concerns: the roles of state policy, the market, political ideologies, changing social contexts and new technologies in the construction of the popular. But it also provides a set of specific case studies showing how popular songs, stories, films, TV programmes and language styles have become indispensable elements of ‘culture’ in France. Deploying yet also rethinking a ‘Cultural Studies’ approach to the popular, the book therefore challenges dominant views of what French culture really means today.
Author : Sheila Perry
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 24,41 MB
Release : 2002-09-11
Category : History
ISBN : 1134788878
France is defined by claims of uniqueness made by or about the French. Aspects of Contemporary France illuminates the contemporary economic, cultural, political and social climate of France. Using a multidisciplinary approach, this book explains the historical background to controversial issues. It also traces France's road to nationhood through religion, language and territory. Each chapter is by a specialist in the field and is based on the most up to date information and research. Beginning with the present day, the book traces the historical background to events and provides a context for evaluation. The wide-ranging and varied themes covered include: * political parties * regions in the market place * television and film * women * secularism and Islam * linguistic policies * French consumers The book also offers a helpful chronology at the end of each chapter, a detailed bibliography and a recommended reading list. Aspects of Contemporary France presents an analytical as well as informative appraoch to French Studies. It provides a readily accessible but in-depth understanding for students of France or French civilization at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
