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The Columbia History Of American Televi
Gary R. Edgerton
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Description for The Columbia History Of American Televi
Hardback. Tracks television's growth 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. This book also look at the Digital Era and the forms of instantaneous communication that continue to change America's social, political, and economic landscape. Series: Columbia Histories of Modern American Life. Num Pages: 512 pages, 75 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APT; HBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1089.
Television is a form of media without equal. It has revolutionized the way we learn about and communicate with the world and has reinvented the way we experience ourselves and others. More than just cheap entertainment, TV is an undeniable component of our culture and contains many clues to who we are, what we value, and where we might be headed in the future. Media historian Gary R. Edgerton follows the technological developments and increasing cultural relevance of TV from its prehistory (before 1947) to the Network Era (1948-1975) and the Cable Era (1976-1994). He begins with the laying ... Read more
Television is a form of media without equal. It has revolutionized the way we learn about and communicate with the world and has reinvented the way we experience ourselves and others. More than just cheap entertainment, TV is an undeniable component of our culture and contains many clues to who we are, what we value, and where we might be headed in the future. Media historian Gary R. Edgerton follows the technological developments and increasing cultural relevance of TV from its prehistory (before 1947) to the Network Era (1948-1975) and the Cable Era (1976-1994). He begins with the laying ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
Series
Columbia Histories of Modern American Life
Number of Pages
512
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231121644
SKU
V9780231121644
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About Gary R. Edgerton
Gary R. Edgerton is professor and chair of the communication and theater arts department at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. He has published eight books and more than seventy book chapters and journal articles on a wide assortment of television and media history topics, and is coeditor of the Journal of Popular Film and Television. In 2004 he received ... Read more
Reviews for The Columbia History Of American Televi
A useful overview... [that] captures the technological, economic, and cultural sweep of an industry that influenced... what would become the Global Village.
Bill Ruehlmann The Virginian-Pilot An extensive, readable... informative, well-written study... Recommended. CHOICE A tour-de-force narrative of more than six decades of American television and its impact on U.S. society... An important contribution.
Christopher H. Sterling Communication ... Read more
Bill Ruehlmann The Virginian-Pilot An extensive, readable... informative, well-written study... Recommended. CHOICE A tour-de-force narrative of more than six decades of American television and its impact on U.S. society... An important contribution.
Christopher H. Sterling Communication ... Read more