Paving the Empire Road - Bbc Television and Black Britons

The book explores how BBC management attempted to address race relations for the benefit of white Britons and African Caribbeans as their presence in England increased beyond the post-war years. Archival documents are used to demonstrate how established policies often shifted, reflecting the changing social climate of the nation, and its audiences.

List of contents

Introduction
1 Radio, race, and the Television Service
2 Television programming and social impact
3 Voices of contention and BBC programming
4 A Black eye
5 Contemporary voices from within
Index

About the author

Darrell Newton is Professor of Media Studies and Associate Dean at Salisbury University, USA

Summary

The book explores how BBC management attempted to address race relations for the benefit of white Britons and African Caribbeans as their presence in England increased beyond the post-war years. Archival documents are used to demonstrate how established policies often shifted, reflecting the changing social climate of the nation, and its audiences. -- .

Product details

• Authors: Newton Darrell M. Darrell M., Darrell Newton, Darrell M Newton, Darrell M. Newton, Newton Darrell M.
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2019
• EAN: 9781526143617
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-4361-7
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > General, dictionaries; England, Media Studies, Television, PERFORMING ARTS / Television / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies, 20th Century, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, India, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Biracial & Multiracial Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / Asian Studies