The Media in France

Raymond Kuhn

Routledge, Apr 7, 2006 - Social Science - 300 pages

This up-to-date, accessible textbook presents a comprehensive overview of the history, present and future prospects of French media, and considers the successes and failures of the French media policy from 1945 to the present day.
Raymond Kuhn investigates the politics and economics of the press, radio and television, from the days of state intervention and monopoly provision to current trends towards deregulation and pluralism, and discusses the importance of the `new media' of cable and satellite broadcasting. Kuhn explores in particular the changing inter-relationship between media and state, as ownership and indirect interference decline while the state remains a key part of the media landscape in its policy making and regulatory roles.
The Media in France is essential reading for all students of French, European and Media Studies.

Contents

• Introduction: 1
• History and economics: 12
• Politics: 45
• 3 Radio: 70
• 4 Television under de Gaulle: 98
• The decline and fall of the ORTF: 124
• The end of the state monopoly: 147
• Privatization and liberalization: 164
• 8 The new media: 181
• Conclusion: 202
• Notes: 215
• Select bibliography: 238
• Index: 245

About the author

Raymond Kuhn

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Media in France
• Author: Raymond Kuhn
• Publisher: Routledge, 2006
• ISBN: 1134980531, 9781134980536
• Length: 300 pages
• Subjects: History / General; Literary Criticism / General; Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social; Social Science / Media Studies