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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454464803321

Titolo

Transmitting the past [[electronic resource] ] : historical and cultural perspectives on broadcasting / / edited by J. Emmett Winn and Susan L. Brinson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2005

ISBN

0-8173-8300-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (263 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

WinnJ. Emmett <1959-> (John Emmett)

BrinsonSusan L. <1958->

Disciplina

384.54/0973

Soggetti

Radio broadcasting - United States - History

Television broadcasting - United States - History

Radio broadcasting - Social aspects - United States

Television broadcasting - Social aspects - United States

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. [237]-243) and index.

Nota di contenuto

6. Femmes Boff Program Toppers: Women Break into Prime Time, 1943-19487. Space and the Speed of Sound: Mobile Media, 1950's Broadcasting, and Suburbia; 8. Cop Rock Reconsidered: Formula, Fragments, Failure, and Foreshadowing in Genre Evolution; 9. Sex, Society, and Double Standards in Cheers; Appendix 1: Monitor's Broadcast Schedule; Appendix 2: Cop Rock Episodes; Appendix 3: Eleventh-Season Cheers Episodes; Selected Bibliography; Contributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Original essays exploring important developments in radio and television broadcasting.  The essays included in this collection represent some of the best cultural and historical research on broadcasting in the U. S. today. Each one concentrates on a particular event in broadcast history-beginning with Marconi's introduction of wireless technology in 1899.  Michael Brown examines newspaper reporting in America of Marconi's belief in Martians, stories that effectively rendered Marconi inconsequential to the further development of radio. The widespread