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
Main Author: Sewell, Philip W., 1970-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, 2013.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Television broadcasting > Social aspects.
Television broadcasting.
PERFORMING ARTS > Television > History & Criticism.
PSYCHOLOGY > Social Psychology.
Television > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Television > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Television broadcasting > United States > History > 20th century.
Television broadcasting > Social aspects > United States.
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary: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 of the values of early television amateurs and enthusiasts, the passions and worries about competing technologies, and the ambitions for programming that together helped mold the medium.
Physical Description:1 online resource (256 pages).
ISBN:9780813562698

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