Colombian Television in the 1980s

Gutiérrez-González, Carlos and Uribe-Jongbloed, Enrique ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9415-7628 2024. Colombian Television in the 1980s. Media History 30 (2) , pp. 254-272. 10.1080/13688804.2024.2329056

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Abstract

This article examines the claims that the unique public-private television system of the 1980s provided space for the development of a national sense of community-based on common narratives and decentralization. The sources for the analysis included a revision of its contemporary discussion in printed media coupled with an analysis of TV shows currently available on streaming services and interviews with relevant figures of the time. The television content shot on location was praised for representing the nation, while simultaneously giving rise to debates about decentralization, which was finally addressed by the creation of regional broadcasters. The hybrid system fostered diversity, production quality, and a national representation that was strongly contested from the regions. At the same time, the system unintendedly hampered the creation of an audiovisual archive, and complaints about its tender systems resonate with the plight of contemporary public service broadcasting in Colombia.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Journalism, Media and Culture
Publisher:	Taylor and Francis Group
ISSN:	1368-8804
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	22 May 2024
Date of Acceptance:	7 March 2024
Last Modified:	03 Jul 2024 13:57
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/169023

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