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'''Jean Seaton ''' (born 6 March 1947) is Professor of Media History at the [[University of Westminster]] and the Official Historian of the [[BBC]]. She is the Director of the [[Orwell Prize]] and on the editorial board of ''[[Political Quarterly]]''. She is the widow of [[Ben Pimlott]], the British historian.<ref>D. R. Thorpe [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/professor-ben-pimlott-549753.html Obituary: Professor Ben Pimlott], ''The Independent'', 14 April 2004</ref> |
'''Jean Seaton ''' (born 6 March 1947) is Professor of Media History at the [[University of Westminster]] and the Official Historian of the [[BBC]]. She is the Director of the [[Orwell Prize]] and on the editorial board of ''[[Political Quarterly]]''. She is the widow of [[Ben Pimlott]], the British historian.<ref>D. R. Thorpe [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/professor-ben-pimlott-549753.html Obituary: Professor Ben Pimlott], ''The Independent'', 14 April 2004</ref> |
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Her volume of the official history of the BBC, ''Pinkoes and Traitors: the BBC and the Nation 1970-1987'', was published by [[Profile Books]] in February 2015. [[Seumas Milne]] has criticised the book for its take on his father, [[Alasdair Milne]], director general of the BBC for part of the period covered,<ref>Seumas Milne [http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/feb/27/seumas-milne-on-pinkoes-and-traitors-by-jean-seaton-review-my-father-the-bbc-and-a-very-british-coup "Pinkoes and Traitors by Jean Seaton review – my father, the BBC and a very British coup"], ''The Guardian'', 27 February 2015</ref> while [[David Elstein]] has found numerous errors in the text.<ref>David Elstein [https://www.opendemocracy.net/ourbeeb/david-elstein/'pinkoes-and-traitors'-tunnel-vision-of-broadcasting-history "'Pinkoes and Traitors': a tunnel vision of broadcasting history"], Open Democracy, 20 March 2015</ref><ref>The book has gained more positive reviews from Nick Fraser ([http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/mar/01/pinkoes-and-traitors-bbc-and-nation-1974-1987-jean-seaton-review ''The Observer''], 1 March 2015), Bonnie Greer ([http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/pinkoes-and-traitors-by-jean-seaton-book-review-history-of-the-bbc-examines-its-uneasy-relations-with-the-establishment-10072421.html ''The Independent''], 26 February 2015), and Chris Patten ([http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ef00a3a6-bda9-11e4-8cf3-00144feab7de.html#axzz3V4R9e8t2 ''Financial Times'', 27 February 2015)</ref> |
Her volume of the official history of the BBC, ''Pinkoes and Traitors: the BBC and the Nation 1970-1987'', was published by [[Profile Books]] in February 2015. [[Seumas Milne]] has criticised the book for its take on his father, [[Alasdair Milne]], director general of the BBC for part of the period covered,<ref>Seumas Milne [http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/feb/27/seumas-milne-on-pinkoes-and-traitors-by-jean-seaton-review-my-father-the-bbc-and-a-very-british-coup "Pinkoes and Traitors by Jean Seaton review – my father, the BBC and a very British coup"], ''The Guardian'', 27 February 2015</ref> while [[David Elstein]] has found numerous errors in the text.<ref>David Elstein [https://www.opendemocracy.net/ourbeeb/david-elstein/'pinkoes-and-traitors'-tunnel-vision-of-broadcasting-history "'Pinkoes and Traitors': a tunnel vision of broadcasting history"], Open Democracy, 20 March 2015</ref><ref>The book has gained more positive reviews from Nick Fraser ([http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/mar/01/pinkoes-and-traitors-bbc-and-nation-1974-1987-jean-seaton-review ''The Observer''], 1 March 2015), Bonnie Greer ([http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/pinkoes-and-traitors-by-jean-seaton-book-review-history-of-the-bbc-examines-its-uneasy-relations-with-the-establishment-10072421.html ''The Independent''], 26 February 2015), and Chris Patten ([http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ef00a3a6-bda9-11e4-8cf3-00144feab7de.html#axzz3V4R9e8t2 ''Financial Times''], 27 February 2015)</ref> |
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== Selected works == |
== Selected works == |
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Revision as of 00:49, 22 March 2015
Jean Seaton (born 6 March 1947) is Professor of Media History at the University of Westminster and the Official Historian of the BBC. She is the Director of the Orwell Prize and on the editorial board of Political Quarterly. She is the widow of Ben Pimlott, the British historian.[1]
Her volume of the official history of the BBC, Pinkoes and Traitors: the BBC and the Nation 1970-1987, was published by Profile Books in February 2015. Seumas Milne has criticised the book for its take on his father, Alasdair Milne, director general of the BBC for part of the period covered,[2] while David Elstein has found numerous errors in the text.[3][4]
Selected works
- ed. The Media in British Politics (Avebury, 1987)
- Politics and the Media in Britain: Harlots and Prerogatives at the Turn of the Millennium (Wiley, 1998)
- ed. The Media of Conflict: War Reporting and Representations of Ethnic Violence (Zed Books, 1999)
- Carnage and the Media: the Making and Breaking of News about Violence (Allen Lane, 2005)
- (with John Lloyd) What Can Be Done? Making the Media and Politics Better (Wiley, 2006)
- (with James Curran) Power Without Responsibility: the Press and Broadcasting in Britain (Routledge, 7th edition 2009)
References
- ^ D. R. Thorpe Obituary: Professor Ben Pimlott, The Independent, 14 April 2004
- ^ Seumas Milne "Pinkoes and Traitors by Jean Seaton review – my father, the BBC and a very British coup", The Guardian, 27 February 2015
- ^ David Elstein "'Pinkoes and Traitors': a tunnel vision of broadcasting history", Open Democracy, 20 March 2015
- ^ The book has gained more positive reviews from Nick Fraser (The Observer, 1 March 2015), Bonnie Greer (The Independent, 26 February 2015), and Chris Patten (Financial Times, 27 February 2015)
External links
- University of Westminster faculty biography
- Guardian contributor profile page
- Seaton's articles on the OpenDemocracy website
- Prospect magazine contributions
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