| Title: | Public service television and national identity as a project of modernity: the example of Flemish television; |
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| Authors and Corporations: | |
| In: | Media, Culture & Society, 23, 2001, 1, p. 53-69 |
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SAGE Publications
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| Media Type: | Article, E-Article |
| Physical Description: | 53-69 |
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| ISSN: |
0163-4437
1460-3675 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/016344301023001003 |
| published in: | Media, Culture & Society |
| Language: | English |
| Subjects: | |
| Collection: | SAGE Publications (CrossRef) |
<jats:p> The aim of this article is to study the way in which PSB - as a typical modernist project of a certain cultural elite - has tried to create and maintain a national identity using a uniform, high culture as a vehicle to `educate' its audience into being `citizens' of the community. In particular, the analysis will concentrate on the policy in this regard of Flemish public service television. Our hypothesis is that the (cultural elite within) Flemish PSB - and particularly television - tried for a long time to contribute to the recognition and development of Flemish identity and culture by offering a uniform Felmish culture. An analysis of Flemish public television between 1953 and 1960 is used to illustrate this. </jats:p> |