Beyond New Media Hype: Why Today’s Media Policy Debates Need Teletext Research

Teletext is rarely discussed by media scholars, yet it remains widely popular among audiences and has been adapted in various ways to the new online, mobile environment. Hilde Van Den Bulck of the University of Antwerp and Hallvard Moe of the University of Bergen argue that investigating the history of this often forgotten medium provides an important context for understanding new media policy today and call for contributions to Teletext research.