Cultural and Moral Authority: The Presumption of Television

David E. Morrison
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David E. Morrison: University of Leeds in the United Kingdom

The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 2009, vol. 625, issue 1, 116-127

Abstract: This article shows how British television has lost cultural authority due to social shifts in British society whereby no single moral voice can expect to find an audience. The author argues that there is no longer a moral language by which to address moral issues nor any common agreement about the rightful constitution of the cultural and moral universe. The central point is that technological development leading to increase in television channel proliferation did not fragment the audience, as is often assumed, but that it was the fragmentation of the audience that allowed the uptake of the varied and various channels.

Keywords: culture; secularization; Lord Reith; law reform; Sir Hugh Greene; audience; moral authority (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1177/0002716209338351

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