Thèse de doctorat en Sciences de l'information et de la communication
Sous la direction de Charles Guillebeau.
Soutenue en 1993
à Paris 4 .
This thesis presents an overall inventory of the tv programs during 1989 concerning the theme of the french revolution and its commemoration. The analysis of those broadcasts enables to define the bicentenary televisual representation offered to the audience. The part idefines the commemorative concept as it appears in the mission records il assigns to assers what specifically could tv offer compared ot the other media used for the previous commemorations. The part ii establishes the quantitative assesment of the tv programs devoted tot the revolution by classifying them through themes, genres, times broadcast schedules. . . This analysis put on evidence the "mission-effect" which results in a rise of spectacle-shows and documentaires. The part iii which analyses the contents of the programs financed by the bicentenary mission have developed the rights of man, the "retun-effect" "return-effect" of tv production has given the event an image of violenceand of the "terror". The variety ans non--conformity of the programs have asserted the freedom of communication. The tv sceen will stay the unique place of the revolutionary bicentenary.
The bicentenary of the french revolution on television programs. The bicentenary televisual representation offered to th audience during 1989
Cette these propose l'analyse des emissions annoncees et diffusees pendant l'annee 1989 pour connaitre la representaion televisuelle francaise du bicentenaire de la revolution. Les archives de la mission, la presse specialisee et le visionnage des emissions constituent le corpus. Le livre i definit le concept commemoratif a travers les propos des chefs de mission ( m. Baroin, e. Faure, j. N. Jeanneney) et du president de la republique. Il apprecie ce que la television apporte de specifique par rapport aux precendentes commemorations (1889, presse, 1939, radio). Le livreii1988 dresse le bilan quantitatif des heures d'emissions consacrees a la revolution et a la commemoration, par themes, genres, periodes, horaires de diffusion. Ainsi apparait " l'effet-mission" ( spectacles et documentaires) et l'absence d'un discours commemoratif defini. Le livre iii analyse le contenu des emissions : celles financees par la mission ont porte sur les droits de l'homme, la production televisee, de son cote, a evoque les themes de la violence et de la terreur. La diversite et la non-conformite des programmes affirment la liberte de la communication. Le petit ecran restera le lieu unique du bicentenaire de la revolution.