Book Description
Undergraduate and graduate students and scholars of film and television studies, comedy studies, and cultural studies will value this strong collection.
Author : Karen McNally
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
Page : 403 pages
File Size : 14,14 MB
Release : 2022-04-12
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0814349374
Undergraduate and graduate students and scholars of film and television studies, comedy studies, and cultural studies will value this strong collection.
Author : Peter C. Rollins
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 14,43 MB
Release : 2003-04-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780815630319
Informed by historical scholarship and media analysis, this book takes a critical look at the award-winning show from a wide range of perspectives. Media scholars Peter C. Rollins and John E. O’Connor make an important contribution to the field with an eclectic mix of essays, which translate the visual language of the onscreen politics of the series.
Author : Martin Plissner
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 29,87 MB
Release : 1999-08-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0684871416
"Thirty-five years ago, sad to say, CBS, NBC, and ABC created the modern New Hampshire primary." So says The Control Room, a gritty look at how network news has come to dominate every stage of presidential selection from the earliest announcements to the final swearing in. As we embark on another of the quadrennial circuses that determine how the world's most powerful country passes its crown, The Control Room shows us who really cracks the whip. Martin Plissner, former political director of CBS News, has played a central role in the network coverage of every presidential campaign since 1964. Now, drawing on his intimate knowledge of life inside the control room, he provides a lively and authoritative account of the ways television has come to dominate presidential politics in the final third of the twentieth century. Blending personal anecdotes with fascinating mini-histories, Plissner shows how all the elements of the contest for national power in America -- the primaries, the conventions, and the final counting of the ballots -- are shaped by the struggle among the networks for supremacy in viewership and breaking news on ever-dwindling budgets. How did Ross Perot trounce both George Bush and Bill Clinton in primaries he never entered? And how did Pat Buchanan's far-right call to arms become the main event at the 1992 Republican National Convention? Why did the country expect a Carter-Reagan photo finish in 1980 and a Clinton landslide in 1996 -- neither of which happened? The answers to all of these questions begin in the network control rooms. As the race for the White House heads toward a new century, Plissner reveals how television news coverage will decide who gets attention and when, who is on the rise and who is down the chute, when the race begins and when it ends, and what you care about when you vote for president. "The men and women who call the shots at the network news divisions do have an agenda," writes Plissner. Find out what it is in this fascinating insider's report.
Author : Jack Holland
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 39,6 MB
Release : 2019-07-19
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1526134241
This book explores the relationship between fictional television and American world politics in the period from 9/11 through to the presidency of Donald J. Trump. This period comprises a second golden age for fictional TV. The book therefore explores some of the best TV of all time across two decades of heightened political controversy.
Author : Erik Barnouw
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 626 pages
File Size : 13,67 MB
Release : 1990-05-31
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0199879176
Based on the classic History of Broadcasting in the United States, Tube of Plenty represents the fruit of several decades' labor. When Erik Barnouw--premier chronicler of American broadcasting and a participant in the industry for fifty years--first undertook the project of recording its history, many viewed it as a light-weight literary task concerned mainly with "entertainment" trivia. Indeed, trivia such as that found in quiz programs do appear in the book, but Barnouw views them as part of a complex social tapestry that increasingly defines our era. To understand our century, we must fully comprehend the evolution of television and its newest extraordinary offshoots. With this fact in mind, Barnouw's new edition of Tube of Plenty explores the development and impact of the latest dramatic phases of the communications revolution. Since the first publication of this invaluable history of television and how it has shaped, and been shaped by, American culture and society, many significant changes have occurred. Assessing the importance of these developments in a new chapter, Barnouw specifically covers the decline of the three major networks, the expansion of cable and satellite television and film channels such as HBO (Home Box Office), the success of channels catering to special audiences such as ESPN (Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) and MTV (Music Television), and the arrival of VCRs in America's living rooms. He also includes an appendix entitled "questions for a new millennium," which will challenge readers not only to examine the shape of television today, but also to envision its future.
Author : Gary Richard Edgerton
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 513 pages
File Size : 32,34 MB
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : 0231121652
Richly researched and engaging, The Columbia History of American Television tracks the growth of TV into a convergent technology, a global industry, a social catalyst, a viable art form, and a complex and dynamic reflection of the American mind and character. Renowned media historian Gary R. Edgerton follows the technological progress and increasing cultural relevance of television from its prehistory (before 1947) to the Network Era (1948-1975) and the Cable Era (1976-1994). He considers the remodeling of television's look and purpose during World War II; the gender, racial, and ethnic components of its early broadcasts and audiences; its transformation of postwar America; and its function in the political life of the country. In conclusion, Edgerton takes a discerning look at our current Digital Era and the new forms of instantaneous communication that continue to change America's social, political, and economic landscape.
Author : Mary Ann Watson
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 21,10 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780822314431
As American politics and television became more closely intertwined in the early 1960s, each underwent enormous and long-lasting changes. In The Expanding Vista, originally published in 1990 (Oxford University Press), Mary Ann Watson looks at how television was woven into the events and policies of John Kennedy's presidency, not only in his unprecedented use of the medium in campaigning and image projection, but in the vigorous efforts of his administration to regulate and improve the content of network programs. Examining the legacy of the New Frontier and its relationship to the new medium, she traces the Kennedy influence across a spectrum of programming that includes news, documentary, drama, situation comedy, advertising, children's shows, and educational TV. Through extensive archival research and oral histories Watson reconstructs key moments of an extraordinary time in the television age. The Expanding Vista's analysis and interpretation of that era continue to enlighten our understanding of culture and communication as the themes sounded in the 1960s resonate in today's complex media marketplace.
Author : Robert E. Gilbert
Publisher :
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 41,54 MB
Release : 1972
Category : History
ISBN :
Author : Robert E. Denton Jr.
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 50,93 MB
Release : 1988-10-14
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
Beginning in the 1970s, the public has turned to the media for information and guidance in selecting their presidents. Television has become the primary means of getting to know the issues and candidates. This monograph examines the mediazation of the U.S. presidency, as exemplified by President Reagan's role as the great communicator. Specifically, Denton analyzes the use of television as an instrument of image-making and governing, the role of the media in contemporary politics, the impact of television on presidential politics, and the future of the presidency in the age of television. Scholars of communications studies, political science, and American politics will welcome this critical analysis of the primetime presidency.
Author : Steve Michael Barkin
Publisher : M.E. Sharpe
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 28,70 MB
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : 9780765609229
This book is an effort to tell the story of the last twenty-five years of television news in the context of the social and cultural history of American broadcasting. "Trash television" does not emerge from a vacuum; neither do broadcasts of the highest quality.