Bøker av Michael Scriven

Advances in audiovisual technology, most notably the advent of the popular usage of digital technology in the last few years, have altered the face of popular television. Thanks to cable, satellite and now digital technology, television broadcasts can reach an international audience. The reaction from cultural critics has been mixed. As the debate concerning the effects of new telecommunications and audiovisual technology continues unabated, this book examines the underlying hypothesis that collective allegiances are moving away from the national paradigm towards the global/local model and provides a balanced appraisal of the depiction of a select number of group identities on television in Britain and France.

This book offers an assessment of Sartre as an exemplary figure in the evolving political and cultural landscape of post-1945 France. A series of case-studies centred on Gaullism, communism, Maoism (Part 1), the theatre, art criticism and the media (Part 2), illustrate the continuing relevance and appeal of Sartre to the contemporary world.

An evaluation thesaurus which contains sections on the relevance of personnel evaluation to programme evaluation, the extension of objective testing beyond multiple-choice items without increasing correcting time and modern computer applications for evaluation.