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| Postmodern media culture J Bignell Aakar Books, 2007 | 230 | 2007 |
| A European television history J Bignell, A Fickers Wiley-Blackwell, 2008 | 164 | 2008 |
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Andreas FickersProfessor of Contemporary and Digital History, University of LuxembourgVerified email at uni.lu