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Author:   Aniko Bodroghkozy (University of Virginia, USA)
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint:   Wiley-Blackwell
Dimensions:   Width: 17.30cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 24.60cm
Weight:   1.021kg
ISBN:  

9781118646359

ISBN 10:   1118646355
Pages:   512
Publication Date:   11 September 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Notes on Contributors ix Introduction 1 Aniko Bodroghkozy Part I American Broadcasting in Historical Overview 25 1 Before the Broadcast Era: 1900–1910s 27 Susan J. Douglas 2 The Broadcast Radio Era: 1920s–1940s 47 Michele Hilmes 3 Television Before the Classic Network Era: 1930s–1950s 71 Michael Kackman 4 The Classic Network Era in Television: 1950s–1970s 93 Victoria E. Johnson 5 The Multi‐Channel Transition Period: 1980s–1990s 111 Bambi Haggins and Julia Himberg 6 Radio in the Television Era: 1950s–2000s 135 Alexander Russo 7 The Post‐Network Era: 2000s–Present 153 Amanda D. Lotz Part II American Broadcasting in Historical Focus 169 Industry/Production 8 A History of Broadcast Regulations: Principles and Perspectives 171 Jennifer Holt 9 Reviving the Technical in Television History 193 Susan Murray 10 Public Broadcasting 211 Josh Shepperd 11 Latino Broadcasting in the United States 237 Hector Amaya 12 Radio, Television, and the Military 257 Stacy Takacs Part II American Broadcasting in Historical Focus 279 Programming/Genre 13 Radio Sitcoms: History and Preservation 281 Laura LaPlaca 14 The Rise and Fall of the Soap Opera 301 Elana Levine 15 Television Music 321 Norma Coates Part II American Broadcasting in Historical Focus 347 Audiences/Reception 16 A History of the Commodity Audience 349 Eileen R. Meehan 17 Broadcast Activism 371 Allison Perlman 18 African Americans and Broadcasting 389 Robin R. Means Coleman 19 A History of Fandom in Broadcasting 413 Allison McCracken Part III Doing American Broadcasting History: Reflections on Key Texts 443 20 Erik Barnouw’s Trilogy on the History of US Broadcasting 445 Gary R. Edgerton 21 Susan J. Douglas’ Inventing American Broadcasting 455 Shawn VanCour 22 Lynn Spigel’s Make Room for TV 465 Aniko Bodroghkozy 23 William Boddy’s Fifties Television 475 Mark J. Williams Index 485

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Aniko Bodroghkozy is a media historian and Professor in the Department of Media Studies at the University of Virginia. She is author of several books – Equal Time: Television and the Civil Rights Movement and Groove Tube: Sixties Television and the Youth Rebellion. Her areas of expertise include television in the 1960s and social change movements and their media coverage. She is currently completing a book on television news coverage of the assassination of John F. Kennedy.

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