The Two Faces of Channel Four: Some Notes in Retrospect
The Two Faces of Channel Four: Some Notes in Retrospect
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第四频道的两个面孔:回顾的一些笔记
DOI:
10.1080/01439685.2013.823024
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2013
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Blanchard S
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作者:
Blanchard S
This article considers Channel Four Television (Channel 4) as a historical object that combines two ‘faces’ or logics. The first face is the ‘public service’ tradition of broadcasting inaugurated by John Reith at the BBC. The second is the ‘private services’ or ‘cultural entrepreneur’ tradition, which embodies a more corporate and commercial ethos. It is suggested that Channel 4 under its first Chief Executive Jeremy Isaacs was a distinctive ‘blend’ of these two faces, both of which can be traced to the extended ‘Sixties generation’ that made Channel 4 happen. Under Issacs, Channel 4 was a setting in which these two faces were in broad balance, providing a mutually reinforcing ecology of ‘public interest’ entrepreneurialism, and the result reinvigorated both television and the wider media culture of the day. The paper suggests that this balance was inherently unstable, and that the history of Channel 4 has seen the growing dominance of the private services face and a corresponding marginalisation of the public service tradition. In conclusion, some reasons are posed for this shift and its impact over the long term.
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