Inventing television culture : men, women, and the box /

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Television as we know it was invented by processes of trial and error. This book delivers the uncertainties and excitements of 1955-1965 by looking at women's programmes, current affairs, and popular drama. Janet Thumim illuminates televison's role in Britain of the 50s and 60s, revealing...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Thumim, Janet, 1945-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.
Series:Oxford television studies.
Subjects:
Television broadcasting > Social aspects > Great Britain.
Television and women > Great Britain.
Télévision > Aspect social > Grande-Bretagne.
Télévision et femmes > Grande-Bretagne.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Media Studies.
Television and women
Television broadcasting > Social aspects
Televisie.
Vrouwen.
Kijkgedrag.
Sociale aspecten.
Télédiffusion.
Aspect social.
Téléspectateur.
Femme.
Histoire.
Great Britain
Grande-Bretagne.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Abbreviations; Note; Introduction: Early Television Culture in the UK; 1. The Formation of Television in the UK 1955-1965; 2. Factual Programming; 3. Factual Programmes: The Wednesday Magazine, Panorama, Marriage Today, Living for Kicks; 4. Drama for the Mass Audience; 5. Popular Drama: The Grove Family, Life with the Lyons, Dixon of Dock Green; 6. Women, Work, and Television; Bibliography; Index general; Index of broadcast programmes

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