Nation-building, affairs of the state and social education: The role of TV on thorny national questions. Every programme in this session is provocative with a very clear point of view. A nation’s honour appears hurt when a Polish child is taken by the Norwegian government from the parents. So how far can TV go to defend that honour? And what if you want to tell the viewers that a war monster isn’t such a monster after all? Or, conversely, that a national hero is actually an imposter? Should public TV be the moral vigilante in society’s interest? Who decides and in whose favour? All these questions explore the ground between NGOs, public and a state broadcasters.
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