Television : a biography / David Thomson.

Author
Thomson, David, 1941- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
New York, N.Y. : Thames & Hudson, 2016.
Description
412 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm

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    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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