Author: Erik Barnouw Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press ISBN: 0195012593 Category : Performing Arts Languages : en Pages : 423
Book Description
During the iQSo's, in a frontier atmosphere of enterprise and sharp struggle, an American television system took shape. But even as it did so, itspioneers pushed beyond American borders and became programmers to scores of other nations. In its first decade United States television was already a world phenomenon. Since American radio had for some time had international ramifications, American images and sounds were radiatingfrom transmitter towers throughout the globe. They were called entertainment or news or education but were always more. They were a reflection of a growing United States involvement in the lives of other nationsan involvement of imperial scope. The role of broadcasters in this American expansion and in the era that produced it is the subject matter of The Image Empire, the last of three volumes comprising this study.
Author: Erik Barnouw Publisher: Oxford University Press ISBN: 0198020031 Category : Language Arts & Disciplines Languages : en Pages : 370
Book Description
Tells how radio and television became an integral part of American life, of how a toy became an industry and a force in politics, business, education, religion, and international affairs.
Author: Erik Barnouw Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA ISBN: 0195004752 Category : Performing Arts Languages : en Pages : 421
Book Description
Tells how radio and television became an integral part of American life, of how a toy became an industry and a force in politics, business, education, religion, and international affairs.
Author: Douglas Gomery Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell ISBN: Category : History Languages : en Pages : 388
Book Description
This book surveys four key broadcasting periods from 1921 to 1996, and includes coverage of the recent impact of cable TV and home video. It presents new data from collections at the Library of Congress and the Library of American Broadcasting. Eschewing traditional coverage of FCC decisions and the physical nature of broadcasting, it considers issues of race, class, and gender while situating the industry firmly within the context of politics, society, and culture -- from cover.
Author: Simon J. Potter Publisher: Oxford University Press on Demand ISBN: 0199568960 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 272
Book Description
Examines how, for much of the twentieth century, the BBC supported the British empire, and how it sought to link listeners in Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa. Considers the impact of the end of empire on British broadcasting.
Author: Erik Barnouw
Author: 
Author: Erik Barnouw
Author: Erik Barnouw
Author: Erik Barnouw
Author: Erik Barnouw
Author: Erik Barnouw
Author: Douglas Gomery
Author: Erik Barnouw
Author: Simon J. Potter