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Make Room for TV
Lynn Spigel
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Description for Make Room for TV
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APT; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JFC; JFD; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 226 x 13. Weight in Grams: 336.
Between 1948 and 1955, nearly two-thirds of all American families bought a television set—and a revolution in social life and popular culture was launched.
In this fascinating book, Lynn Spigel chronicles the enormous impact of television in the formative years of the new medium: how, over the course of a single decade, television became an intimate part of everyday life. What did Americans expect from it? What effects did the new daily ritual of watching television have on children? Was television welcomed as an unprecedented "window on the world," or as a "one-eyed monster" that would disrupt households ... Read more
Between 1948 and 1955, nearly two-thirds of all American families bought a television set—and a revolution in social life and popular culture was launched.
In this fascinating book, Lynn Spigel chronicles the enormous impact of television in the formative years of the new medium: how, over the course of a single decade, television became an intimate part of everyday life. What did Americans expect from it? What effects did the new daily ritual of watching television have on children? Was television welcomed as an unprecedented "window on the world," or as a "one-eyed monster" that would disrupt households ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
246
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226769677
SKU
V9780226769677
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Ref
99-50
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