Media, Information and Technoculture 2000F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Television Documentary, Publicaffairs, Sitaonair

• School: Western University
• Department: Media, Information and Technoculture
• Course: Media, Information and Technoculture 2000F/G
• Professor: Daniel Robinson

Document Summary

Hogarth, public-service broadcasting as a modern project: a case study of early. Early 1950s saw the development of strategies designed to engage the public in canadian television. Canadian television would adopt a middle-ground between uk (informaion) and us (entertainment) television, providing a mix of both in order to atract viewers. Public-afairs programming was seen as the cornerstone of television. The massey commission argued in favour of educaional programming that would allow. Canadians to be more aware of social issues. Television was seen as a tool that could counter propaganda and mass culture, especially during the ime of the cold war. The commission also recommended that the way programs were watched should be closely monitored people should watch television programs in the same manner that they atended theatres and watched movies should be acively engaged, focused, collecively involved. Programs were meant to be discussed and criiqued with neighbours, family and friends.