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A history of broadcasting in the United States /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gomery, Douglas
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2008.
Subjects:
Broadcasting > United States > History.
Online Access:Table of contents only
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Table of Contents:
  • I: The network radio era, 1921-1950
  • Industrial innovation and diffusion: the radio networks
  • Radio's social, cultural, and political impact: the first mass medium
  • The development of a new aesthetic: sounds
  • II: Transition, 1945-1957
  • TV replaces radio in the living room
  • Radio reinvents itself: top 40 and beyond
  • III: Network television dominates, 1958-1982
  • CBS, NBC, and ABC covering the USA
  • Network TV's social, cultural, and political impact
  • The genre machine: from Maverick to M*A*S*H*
  • IV: Contemporary history, 1982-1996
  • Radio: The FM era
  • Television: remote control paradise
  • Epilogue: Still a broadcasting nation: 1996 and into the future.