Strategy, positioning and projection in digital television: Channel Four and the commercialization of public service broadcasting in the UK

Media, Culture & Society

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 774-799

  Born, Georgina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bourdieu; cross platform media company; field of cultural production; market analysis; periodization; uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990386139     PISSN: 01634437     EISSN: 14603675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0163443703256004     Document Type: Article

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