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Using excerpts from BBC TV's Nationwide editions from December 1979, this programme examines the images and ideologies purveyed by the media at Christmastide. Extracts from 'Operation Christmas' il...lustrate how concepts of the nuclear and the national family, bound together through acts of charity, are constructed; and extracts from 'Holy Land Christmas Special' how social, historical and religious differences are dissolved and the concept of shared, universal values is constructed.
Using excerpts from BBC TV's Nationwide editions from December 1979, this programme examines the images and ideologies purveyed by the media at Christmastide. Extracts from 'Operation Christmas' il...lustrate how concepts of the nuclear and the national family, bound together through acts of charity, are constructed; and extracts from 'Holy Land Christmas Special' how social, historical and religious differences are dissolved and the concept of shared, universal values is constructed.
| Module code and title: | U203, Popular culture |
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| Item code: | U203; 01 |
| Recording date: | 23-03-1981 |
| Published: | 1981 |
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| Duration: | 00:24:28 |
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| Producer: | Victor Lockwood |
| Contributors: | Tony Bennett; Frank Bough |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | Christmas; Media; Religious celebrations; Television |
| Master spool number: | 6HT/73640 |
| Production number: | FOUP061D |
| Videofinder number: | 1220 |
| Available to public: | no |
