AL 34106 - The BBC: The Voice of the Nation

Institution:

University of Notre Dame

Subject:

Arts and Letters (Non-dept.)

Description:

This course will provide an overview of the history and practice of the British Broadcasting Corporation since it came into existence in 1927. The monopoly supplier of broadcasting service for over quarter of a century until the arrival of ITV and commercial television in the late 1950s and deliberately removed from the market place by an act of political will, the BBC proceeded to invent its own version of Public Service Broadcasting `to inform, educate and entertain?. And for three generations the BBC has effectively set the ideological agenda for all British terrestrial Radio and Television. Now the world's largest newsgathering organisation and with an annual income of in excess of #3 billion the BBC is embracing the greatest changes in broadcasting since it was granted its first Royal Charter. In the new digital multi-channel world can the BBC still hope to speak for the nation for which it was created? And as Britain strives to embrace multiculturalism how easily can an institution created to champion a single national voice adapt itself to cultural change? This course will take full advantage of the fact that the BBC is based in London. So that as well as class visits from selected guest speakers from the Corporation we will make a field trip to the BBC Television Studios in West London

Credits:

1.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.nd.edu

Phone Number:

(574) 631-5000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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