| Abstract: | The author has worked for six years with two experimental community cable television networks at Swindon and Milton Keynes. He argues that Channel 40, the Milton Keynes network, has become a significant and regularly used communication channel for the local community. It is suggested that such an activity (enabling people to communicate could and should become a fourth function for television, in addition to the three classic functions, to inform, educate and entertain. Such a development is seen as particularly likely in the post‐industrial world we are entering. |
