TV: the new tom-tom... but what is the message?

Television, the new "tom-tom", has been called "a world where the real and make-believe tend to blur together and where the ultimate judgement was this or that good or bad television? is made on the basis of entertainment values".

Can television reconcile its role as a medium of relaxation and entertainment with that of a source of information and education? Is it, in fact, meeting the challenge to provide quantity plus quality? These crucial questions are discussed in this issue. 

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