Documentary Television in Canada

From National Public Service to Global Marketplace

David Hogarth author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:McGill-Queen's University Press

Published:13th Feb '03

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Since the inception of Canadian television in the early 1950s, documentary television has been misunderstood and often maligned by its critics. This book traces its history back to its roots in radio in the 1930s and 1940s and examines the variety of forms of documentary television that developed over the years.A re-examination of Canadian documentary television and how it has evolved over time.

Hogarth makes a first-rate contribution to a better, more nuanced understanding of the documentary tradition in radio and television in the Canadian context, and in so doing intervenes powerfully in contemporary debates about the past and future of public service broadcasting, the realities of globalization in changing televisual distribution patterns, and the ambivalences of the transition from national service to global marketplace. This is a thoughtful, well-written study whose time has definitely come. It was a pleasure to read. Michael Dorland, School of Journalism and Communication, Carleton University

ISBN: 9780773523883

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 320g

200 pages