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Television : an international history /

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Smith, Anthony, 1938-, Paterson, Richard, 1947-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1998.
Edition:2nd ed.
Subjects:
Television > History.
Television broadcasting > History.
Television programs > History.
Television broadcasting > Social aspects.
Table of Contents:
  • The invention of television / Albert Abramson
  • The beginnings of American television / William Boddy
  • Television as a public service medium / Anthony Smith
  • Drama and entertainment / Richard Paterson
  • Non-fiction television / Michael Tracey
  • Sport / Steven Barnett
  • Political ceremony and instant history / Daniel Dayan and Elihu Katz
  • Television in the home and family / Susan Briggs
  • Taste, decency, and standards / Colin Shaw
  • Terrorism / Philip Schlesinger
  • The American networks / Les Brown
  • Canada / Marc Raboy
  • Japan / Hidetoshi Kato
  • The Arab world / Douglas Boyd
  • The Third World / Dietrich Berwanger
  • South Asia / Pradip N. Thomas
  • Australia / Elizabeth Jacka and Lesley Johnson
  • Scandinavia, Netherlands, and Belgium / Trine Syvertsen and Eli Skogerbø
  • Africa / Charles Okigbo
  • Greater China / Zhao Bin
  • Latin America / Silvio Waisbord
  • Epilogue : the future / Richard Paterson and Anthony Smith.