Watching television : a Pantheon guide to popular culture /
7 essays by leading media critics explore the politics and social implications of television." ... An important step into the past wasteland era of writing about the tube."--NYT Book Review.
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Pantheon Books,
[1986]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: looking through the screen / Todd Gitlin
- Network news: we keep America on top of the world / Daniel C. Hallin
- Soap operas: search for yesterday / Ruth Rosen
- Children's television: the shortcake strategy / Tom Engelhardt
- Music videos: the look of the sound / Pat Aufderheide
- Car commercials and Miami vice: "we build excitement" / Todd Gitlin
- Simulations: faking it / Michael Sorkin
- Prime time: deride and conquer / Mark Crispin Miller.