How to Talk Back to Your Television Set
Author : Nicholas Johnson
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Page : 288 pages
File Size : 21,66 MB
Release : 1967
Category : Television broadcasting
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Author : Nicholas Johnson
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Page : 288 pages
File Size : 21,66 MB
Release : 1967
Category : Television broadcasting
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Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce
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Page : 1454 pages
File Size : 45,34 MB
Release : 1969
Category : Legislative hearings
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Author : United States. Federal Communications Commission
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Page : 1198 pages
File Size : 45,4 MB
Release : 1973
Category : Communication policy
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Author : United States. Federal Communications Commission
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Page : 1320 pages
File Size : 45,19 MB
Release : 1975
Category : Radio
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Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce. Subcommittee on Communications
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Page : 244 pages
File Size : 50,56 MB
Release : 1970
Category : Television
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Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Commerce
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Page : 246 pages
File Size : 37,7 MB
Release : 1970
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Author : Jib Fowles
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 45,95 MB
Release : 1992-01-14
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1452245916
Television corrupts our children, induces us to spend needlessly, and stimulates hostility and violence. Or does it? Jib Fowles sees television as a "grandly therapeutic force," that television is indeed good for you. He examines why nearly every American regularly watches television and why viewing is beneficial. Updated and jargon-free, Why Viewers Watch describes the overall effect of programming on the population. What do viewers get from television? What does it do for them? Why do academics negatively judge television? Using recent research reports, overlooked past studies, and fresh survey data to substantiate this positive role, Fowles first reviews the history of television and programming. After discussing what people expect from television, he explores how different types of programs satisfy different needs. Fowles also debunks many of the myths propagated by media scholars and "television prigs." With an easy-to-read style that is both entertaining and informative, Why Viewers Watch suits both the scholar and the student, the specialist and nonspecialist alike. As such, it is the perfect companion volume for courses in communication, journalism, sociology, and psychology. "The author does present another side to the complex effects debate--a side of which we should all be aware." --Et cetera from the First Edition: "An interesting--and challenging--book about television. So good it is surprising it has not received more attention. . . . There aren′t many really good books about television, and [this] is one of the best." --Peter Farrell, The Sunday Oregonian "I would recommend this book to interested television viewers, media scholars, and professionals. Fowles′ arguments are thought-provoking and sometimes compelling. The book is very readable and easily accessible to lower-division students. For those of us who spent our childhoods glued to the screen and believe we still turned out all right, this book will help alleviate our nagging guilt when we watch television. The book should help scholars reexamine our views on the impact of television′s content and our suggested changes. Media professionals should find the book a testament to the positive aspects of their medium." --The Southern Speech Communication Journal
Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce
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Page : 1602 pages
File Size : 45,75 MB
Release : 1969
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Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce
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Page : 1746 pages
File Size : 41,18 MB
Release : 1971
Category : Government lending
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Author : Allison Perlman
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 27,56 MB
Release : 2016-05
Category : History
ISBN : 0813572320
Winner of the 2017 Outstanding Book Award from the Popular Communication Division of the International Communication Association (ICA) Nearly as soon as television began to enter American homes in the late 1940s, social activists recognized that it was a powerful tool for shaping the nation’s views. By targeting broadcast regulations and laws, both liberal and conservative activist groups have sought to influence what America sees on the small screen. Public Interests describes the impressive battles that these media activists fought and charts how they tried to change the face of American television. Allison Perlman looks behind the scenes to track the strategies employed by several key groups of media reformers, from civil rights organizations like the NAACP to conservative groups like the Parents Television Council. While some of these campaigns were designed to improve the representation of certain marginalized groups in television programming, as Perlman reveals, they all strove for more systemic reforms, from early efforts to create educational channels to more recent attempts to preserve a space for Spanish-language broadcasting. Public Interests fills in a key piece of the history of American social reform movements, revealing pressure groups’ deep investments in influencing both television programming and broadcasting policy. Vividly illustrating the resilience, flexibility, and diversity of media activist campaigns from the 1950s onward, the book offers valuable lessons that can be applied to current battles over the airwaves.