Uncertain Vision: Birt, Dyke and the Reinvention of the BBC

^ Read ! Uncertain Vision: Birt, Dyke and the Reinvention of the BBC by Georgina Born é eBook or Kindle ePUB. Uncertain Vision: Birt, Dyke and the Reinvention of the BBC Based on the most extensive independent research ever conducted inside the BBC, during which author Georgina Born was allowed unprecedented access to all ranks of the organization, Uncertain Vision concentrates on the corporation during the later 1990s, the last years of the regime of the former director-general John Birt. Blending reportage and cultural history, it offers both a panorama of the BBCs history and an intimate portrait of the people that make it up—producers, director

Author	:	Georgina Born
Rating	:	4.86 (859 Votes)
Asin	:	0436205629
Format Type	:	paperback
Number of Pages	:	352 Pages
Publish Date	:	2013-05-05
Language	:	English

DESCRIPTION:

"Brilliant book" according to Tim Hodgkinson. Everyone remotely connected with the media and media policy should read it, and it should be on all college media studies reading lists.This is excellently written, alternating extracts from diaries with interviews and analysis, building up a vision of a complex field in which different interests interact. Watching television will never be quite the same after reading this: you get an idea of the kinds of decisions that lie behind what you see on your screen.

Based on the most extensive independent research ever conducted inside the BBC, during which author Georgina Born was allowed unprecedented access to all ranks of the organization, Uncertain Vision concentrates on the corporation during the later 1990s, the last years of the regime of the former director-general John Birt. Blending reportage and cultural history, it offers both a panorama of the BBC's history and an intimate portrait of the people that make it up—producers, directors, editors, accountants, and managers.