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Television : a biography / David Thomson.
Author
Thomson, David, 1941-
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Format
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Language
English
Published/Created
New York, N.Y. : Thames & Hudson, 2016.
Description
412 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
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Firestone Library - Stacks
PN1992.3.U5 T47 2016
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Television
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United States
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History
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Television programs
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United States
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History
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Television
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Social aspects
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United States
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History
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Summary note
In just a few years, what used to be an immobile piece of living room furniture, which one had to sit in front at appointed times in order to watch sponsored programming on a finite number of channels, morphed into a glowing cloud of screens with access to a near-endless supply of content available when and how viewers want it. With this phenomenon now a common cultural theme, a writer of David Thomson's stature delivering a critical history, or biography of the six-decade television era, will be a significant event which could not be more timely. Over twenty-two thematically organized chapters, Thomson brings provocatively insightful and unique to the life of what was television.
Notes
Includes index.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (pages 389-398) and index.
Contents
Introduction: The elephant in the room?
Part one: The medium. Buy the numbers ; Where are you going, fugitive? ; Norma's sessions ; Oh, Donna! ; Gently "on": a new age of television people ; The sit and the situation ; Commercials ; Wasteland ; Is that an oasis?
Part two: The messages. A play, for today? ; Talking heads ; Policeman, save my life ; The news, or Isn't there anyone? ; Women, wives, and wonderers ; The loneliness of the role model ; Mr. President ; Live? ; Documentary? ; Long form ; Laugh on/laugh off ; Eternally on.
ISBN
9780500519165 ((hardcover))
0500519161 ((hardcover))
LCCN
2016932145
OCLC
940361929
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