History of Broadcasting in the United States

Name: History of Broadcasting in the United States
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ISBN: 9781405122825

ISBN-10: 140512282X

ISBN-13: 9781405122825

Edition: 2008

Authors: Douglas Gomery

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This powerful history of broadcasting in the United States goes beyond traditional accounts to explore the field's important social, political, and cultural ramifications. It examines how broadcasting has been organized as a business throughout much of the 20th century, and focuses on the aesthetics of programming over the years. Surveys four key broadcasting periods from 1921 to 1996, drawing on a range of new sources to examine recent changes in the field, including coverage of the recent impact of cable TV and home video Includes new data from collections at the Library of Congress and the Library of American Broadcasting Ideal for anyone seeking a readable history of the field,…

Book details

List price: $50.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/7/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 6.70" wide x 9.70" long x 0.94" tall
Weight: 1.430
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Preface: Why a History of Broadcasting in the USA?


Acknowledgments


Introduction: Broadcasting's Beginning: The Big Bang



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



Transition, 1945-1957



TV Replaces Radio in the living Room



Radio Reinvents Itself: Top 40 and Beyond



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 MAS*H



Contemporary History, 1982-1996



Radio: The FM Era



Television: Remote Control Paradise


Epilogue: Still a Broadcasting Nation: 1996 and Into the Future



Sorry, Wrong Number


Index