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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453144303321

Autore

Bodroghkozy Aniko <1960->

Titolo

Equal time [[electronic resource] ] : television and the civil rights movement / / Aniko Bodroghkozy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Urbana, : University of Illinois Press, c2012

ISBN

0-252-09378-X

1-283-99250-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (282 p.)

Collana

The history of communication

Disciplina

302.23089/96073

Soggetti

Television and politics - United States

Television broadcasting of news - Political aspects - United States

African Americans on television

Race relations on television

African Americans in television broadcasting - History - 20th century

Civil rights movements - United States - History - 20th century

Television broadcasting - United States - Influence

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-258) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Propaganda tool for racial progress? -- Network news in the civil rights years. The chosen instrument of the revolution? -- Fighting for equal time: segregationists vs. integrationists -- The March on Washington and a peek into racial utopia -- Selma in the "glaring light of television" -- Civil Rights in prime time entertainment. Bringing "urgent issues" to the vast wasteland: East side/West side -- Is this what you mean by color tv?: Julia -- Prime time, Good times -- Epilogue: the return of civil rights television: the Obama victory.

Sommario/riassunto

This work explores the crucial role of network television in reconfiguring new attitudes in race relations during the civil rights movement. The book provides an analysis which makes us think about the relationship between the media and the civil rights movement.