The media, a monolith, paves the way from dictatorship to democracy - or so it seems in our world of increased global communications. Richard Maxwell's study of television in Spain overturns this notion. Instead, he shows us, such transitions themselves have a profound impact on the media, with regional television often negotiating concepts of communalism, nationalism, and identity very differently than national television. Drawing on a decade of research into Spanish culture, mass media, and broadcast policy, Maxwell develops a sophisticated analysis of the many variables undergirding communications policy within the nation-state. Though focused on Spain, his work provides general insight into the nature of communication policy debates in today's economic arena. A study of the transformation of television in Spain following the end of Franco's dictatorship, Maxwell's book examines the politics of the privatization of television, the rise of regional television, and the transnational realignment of national media space.
- ISBN10 0816685533
- ISBN13 9780816685530
- Publish Date 14 May 2014 (first published 14 December 1994)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint University of Minnesota Press
- Format eBook
- Pages 237
- Language English