Theoretical Analysis Of Raymond Williams Television

Williams as the University of Birmingham Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies theorist is one of the founder of the Birmingham School, and his book "Culture and Society" and the "long revolution" has opened up the culture of anti-elitist way for the laid the foundation of British cultural studies. Williams scope of the study involving almost all fields of social science, and have made high attainments. Our focus of this paper is to focus on Williams's television theory, his theory is the television part of the study the entire field of communication. The main research focus on "communication" and "Television: Technology and Cultural Form", "Materialism and cultural issues" (1980) monograph. Williams opened up the research results spread Marxist theory of the British precedent, and through his writings on the field had a lasting impact.Williams, the television we have divided into three parts for analysis theory, the first part focused on analyzing the nature of television. Williams TV rectification of names, fully affirmed the TV as a unique form of culture, in raising the level of popular culture, promoting democracy, promoting global cultural exchange active role. The second part focuses on the limitations of television. With the further development of television systems, Williams on the TV there are further awareness. He recognized the beautiful appearance on the television, the hidden interests with those of the evil in some of these undermine the democratic forces of evil play a role in the television filled with every step. Embodied in the knowledge of the panoramic display with a selective, with the limitations of the performance of democracy, is more important is television to promote the process of cultural imperialism. The third part, in Williams, both positive and negative face of television analysis of the role, we need to establish a rational approach to face television. First, given the importance of knowledge and experience of the combination, followed by the breakthrough of democracy reflects the limitations of television, the pursuit of the unity of appearance and practice. Again, in the context of globalization, cultural exchange, the pursuit of cultural nationalization of the perfect integration with the world.