Diasporas and Diplomacy (eBook, ePUB)

Cosmopolitan contact zones at the BBC World Service (1932-2012)
Redaktion: Gillespie, Marie; Webb, Alban

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This volume links contemporary debates on cosmopolitanism to historical and comparative case studies on international broadcasting. Through the prism of the BBC World Service, it illuminates how diasporic broadcasters at the BBC translate and produce news in dozens of languages and, as skilled cultural intermediaries, are integral to British diplomacy.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Januar 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136448645
• Artikelnr.: 38246929

Autorenporträt

Marie Gillespie is Professor of Sociology at The Open University and Co-Director of the Centre for Research on Socio-Cultural Change. Alban Webb is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Research on Socio-Cultural Change (CRESC) at The Open University.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements. List of Contributors. Introduction: Diasporas and
Diplomacy: Cosmopolitan Contact Zones at the Bbc World Service 1932-2012
Part I: National Interests with a Global Reach: Projection, Persuasion and
Intonation 1. 'It Is a Real Joy to Get Listening of Any Kind from the
Homeland': BBC Radio and British Diasporic Audiences in the 1930s 2. The
Colonization of the BBC: Diasporic Britons At The BBC External Services,
c.1932-1956 3. 'Frau Wernicke' at the BBC: Wartime Satire and Propaganda 4
. Les Français Parlent Aux Français: Voices from London on the Persecution
of the Jews 5. The BBC Polish Section and the Reporting of Polish
Solidarity, 1980-83 Part II: Cultures of Diplomacy in the Post-War Middle
East and Asia 6. The BBC Arabic Service's Dilemmatic Triangle: Competing
Elites, Conflicting Priorities, Contested Media Strategies 7. The BBC World
Service - From Wartime Propaganda to Public Diplomacy: The Case of Iran 8.
The BBC in South Asia: From the End of Empire to the Cold War 9. Language,
Nationhood and Diaspora at the BBC Urdu Service 1940-2010 10. Diaspora
Calling the Homeland? The BBC Persian Service, Cosmopolitanism and Music
Listening in Iran Part III: Corporate Cosmopolitanism and the Global
Conversation 11. Communication for Development and Public Diplomacy:
Insights from an Afghan Radio Drama 12. What Kind of Global Conversation?
Participation, Democratic Deepening and Public Diplomacy through BBC World
Service Online Forums: An Examination of Mediated Global Talk about
Religion and Politics 13. Discussions on BBC Chinese Have Your Say Forums:
National Identity and International Broadcasting in the Interactive Media
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