Live Television: Time, Space and the Broadcast Event

149 Pages·2007·0.546 MB·English

by  Stephanie Marriott

Live Television

Live Television
Time, Space and the Broadcast Event
Stephanie Marriott
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Contents
Acknowledgements viii
PartI: TimeandSpace 1
1. MediatedInteractions 3
2. Time,SpaceandElectronicCommunication 23
PartII: TheLiveEvent 39
3. TheMeaningofLive 41
4. TimeandtheLiveEvent 59
5. TheMediationoftheEvent 73
6. SpaceandtheLiveEvent 88
7. Time,SpaceandCatastrophe 104
References 130
Index 135
Acknowledgements
This book could not have been written without the encouragement of fellow
members of the Ross Priory Group for Research on Broadcast Talk. Thanks in
particulargotoMartinMontgomeryforinvitingmeinthefirstplace,andtoboth
MartinandJoannaThornborrowfororganizingtheannualseminars.Membersof
thegroupoverthelastdecade–Joanna,Martin,AndrewTolson,KayRichardson,
Greg Myers, Arnt Maasø, Espen Ytreberg, Helen Wood, Nik Coupland, Trudy
Haarman,RichardFitzgerald,PeterLunt,ShoshanaBlum-Kulka,PaddyScannell
andothers–haveconsistentlyprovidedintellectualstimulationanddirection,and
excellentcompanyaswell.
Thebookhasbeenalongtimeinthemaking,andanumberofcolleaguesand
friendshelpedtosustainitalongtheway.Particulardebtsofgratitudeareowed
to Myra Macdonald, for reading the final draft and stopping me from giving up
along the way, and to other good colleagues both at the University of Stirling
andelsewhere,mostespeciallyJaneSillars,TimThornicroft,SuzyAngus,Philip
Schlesinger and Karen Lury, all of whom provided invaluable support at key
moments.
ThanksareduetotheDepartmentofFilm&MediaStudiesatStirlingforthe
studyleavewhichallowedmetocompletetheresearch.Igratefullyacknowledge
thesupportoftheAHRC,whoseResearchLeaveSchemeprovidedthetimeand
spacetofinishingwritingthebook.
Last but not least, special thanks are due to Steve Marriott, love of my life,
forhispatienceandgoodhumourinthefaceofmyendlessfooteringabout.
Part I
Time and Space