Год выпуска: 2010 Автор: Bill Lehane Издательство: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing Страниц: 72 ISBN: 9783838329802
Описание
This book examines the place of interculturalism in Irish public service broadcasting in the context of a new commitment to the concept made by RTE in 2007. It first traces the history of interculturalism in Irish public service broadcasting and sets out the present day reality of a newly heterogeneous Ireland. The book then uses exclusive access to internal documents arising from this commitment to analyse the station''s plans to transform its organisation and its output to greet the new diversity. The book details the findings of a series of 11 interviews with seven key RTE personnel across all major output areas and five New Nationals, four of whom are broadcasters themselves. These interviews reveal a spectrum of opinion about the issue as well as highlighting potential barriers to change. The book examines many aspects of the issue such as: the depiction of New Nationals on news reports; the question of dedicated intercultural programming; plans for the station to mainstream its...