Journal article
From the stage to the screen: Rearticulating of entertainment into television genres for modernity's public service broadcasting
Volkskunde (1888), Vol.104(2), pp.231-253
01 Apr 2003
Abstract
In contemporary discussions on the future of public service broadcasting (PSB), there sometimes seem to be some misconceptions about the types and position of popular television genres during the heydays of PSB. Usually their functioning in PSB is described as a necessary evil, something PSB could not do without but merely tolerated. Although, as a typical project of Modernity, old-style European PSB indeed showed some disdain for popular genres, entertainment was a distinct aspect of PSB's mission and goals and was given a specific character and place in the schedule. The policy of PSB can be seen to have shaped ALL types of programmes, including different forms of entertainment, as well as their relative position within the programming schedule. So, to talk about the possible public values of popular programming in contemporary PSB may prove not such a contradictio in terminis since, in the past, PSB can be demonstrated to have had clear ideas and goals concerning its popular programmes. So, it appears that looking more specifically at the way in which popular television programmes were perceived and scheduled can indicate ways of thinking about contemporary PSB entertainment. Thus it seems that normative theories on popular television genres for PSD today, can benefit from a little hindsight. This paper will, first, look at the typical PSB entertainment genres and the goals and objectives that are reflected in their format and content. Second, it will look at the scheduling tactics and strategies that were typically used to obtain the goals and objectives, and at the specific position of entertainment programme sin this. This first and second aprt will be based both on general observations in this regard and, at the same time, on the analysis of the programming of Flemish PSB in the period 1953-1973 as a case in point.
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- Title
- From the stage to the screen: Rearticulating of entertainment into television genres for modernity's public service broadcasting
- Creators
- H Van den Bulck
- Publication Details
- Volkskunde (1888), Vol.104(2), pp.231-253
- Publisher
- Centrum Studie Documentatie
- Number of pages
- 23
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- Dutch
- Academic Unit
- Communication
- Identifiers
- 991021865928704721
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