Television audiences across the world : deconstructing the ratings machine / edited by Jérôme Bour...
Television audiences across the world : deconstructing the ratings machine / edited by Jérôme Bour...
Television audiences across the world : deconstructing the ratings machine / edited by Jérôme Bourdon, Tel Aviv University, Israel ; and Cécile Méadel, Mines ParisTech, France.
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G 2014/3672
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Language
English
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Physical content
xiv, 274 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Deconstructing the ratings machine : an introduction / Jérôme Bourdon and Cécile Méadel -- Part I. Inventing measurement -- The politics of enjoyment : competing audience measurement systems in Britain, 1950-1980 / Stefan Schwarzkopf -- Still the British model? The BARB versus Nielsen / Marc Bal...
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England
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Scope and Contents
Summary
This title is the first to deal with the world composition of television ratings. It focuses on the peoplemeter, a 25 year old technology which succeeds in homogenizing very different populations and television practices. It provides an account of the production of figures on which the whole world of popular culture depends.
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Full title
Television audiences across the world : deconstructing the ratings machine / edited by Jérôme Bourdon, Tel Aviv University, Israel ; and Cécile Méadel, Mines ParisTech, France.
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General note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 264-274).
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G 2014/3672
Record Identifier
74VKKZZeAkbg
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKKZZeAkbg
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ISBN
9781137345097
1137345098
DDC
302.2
MMS ID
991021733749702626
