Television in the age of radio : modernity, imagination, and the making of a medium /

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Television in the Age of Radio is a unique account of how television came to be, not just from technical innovations or institutional struggles, but from cultural concerns that were central to the rise of industrial modernity. A major revision of the history of television, it provides investigations...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Sewell, Philip W., 1970-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, 2013.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Television broadcasting > Social aspects > United States.
Television broadcasting > United States > History > 20th century.
Télévision > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Télévision > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
PSYCHOLOGY > Social Psychology.
PERFORMING ARTS > Television > History & Criticism.
Television broadcasting.
Television broadcasting > Social aspects.
United States.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: the substance of things hoped for
  • Questions of definition
  • Engendering expertise and enthusiasm
  • Programming the system for quality
  • Seeing around corners
  • Conclusions: why not quantity television?

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