Public service television and national identity as a project of modernity

The example of Flemish television

Bibliographic Data

ID11268089
AuthorsHilde Van Den Bulck (0000-0002-3858-1897, KU Leuven, corresponding author)
Year2001
Volume23
Issue1
Pages53-69
Publication date2001-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueMedia Culture & Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0163-4437 • E-ISSN: 1460-3675
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/016344301023001003
OpenAlexW2159296399
LanguageEN
Citations received52
References cited4

The aim of this article is to study the way in which PSB - as a typical modernist project of a certain cultural elite - has tried to create and maintain a national identity using a uniform, high culture as a vehicle to `educate' its audience into being `citizens' of the community. In particular, the analysis will concentrate on the policy in this regard of Flemish public service television. Our hypothesis is that the (cultural elite within) Flemish PSB - and particularly television - tried for a long time to contribute to the recognition and development of Flemish identity and culture by offering a uniform Felmish culture. An analysis of Flemish public television between 1953 and 1960 is used to illustrate this

Aesthetics · Art · Business · Cultural identity · Elite · Flemish · Identity (music · Media studies · Modernity · National identity · Political science · Politics · Public broadcasting · Public relations · Public service · Service (business · Social science · Sociology · European Cultural and National Identity · Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics · History · Law · Marketing