Beschreibung:
Ann Gray
History on Television considers recent changes in the media landscape, which have affected to a great degree how history in general, and whose history in particular, appears onscreen. Through a number of case studies, using material from interviews by the authors with academic and media professionals, the role of the 'professional' historian and that of media professionals - commissioning editors and producer/directors - as mediators of historical material and interpretations is analysed, and the ways in which the 'logics of television' shape historical output are outlined and discussed.
Introduction. 1. The Business of Television: public service to brand identity 2. Landmark and Flagship Television: heritage and national identity 3. Commemorative and 'historical event' television: memory and identity 4. Re-enactment: engagement, experience and empathy 5. Who Do 'They' Think 'We' Are?: considering the audience. Conclusion: Problematizing 'Public History' - what is rarely there?