03512nam 2200709 a 450 991045741180332120200520144314.01-283-21184-X97866132118420-8122-0271-610.9783/9780812202717(CKB)2550000000051211(EBL)3441470(SSID)ssj0000535758(PQKBManifestationID)11335079(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000535758(PQKBWorkID)10546243(PQKB)10180065(MiAaPQ)EBC3441470(OCoLC)758823527(MdBmJHUP)muse3121(DE-B1597)449127(OCoLC)979753573(DE-B1597)9780812202717(Au-PeEL)EBL3441470(CaPaEBR)ebr10491927(CaONFJC)MIL321184(OCoLC)932312362(EXLCZ)99255000000005121119951221d1996 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDemographic vistas[electronic resource] television in American culture /David Marc ; [with a foreword by Horace Newcomb]Rev. ed.Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania Pressc19961 online resource (272 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8122-1560-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-213) and indexes.Filmography: p. 239-240.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Foreword to the Revised Edition -- 1. Beginning to Begin Again -- 2. The Situation Comedy of Paul Henning: Modernity and the American Folk Myth in The Beverly Hillbillies -- 3. The Comedy of Public Safety -- 4. Gleason's Push -- 5. Self-Reflexive at Last -- 6. What Was Broadcasting? -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Glossary -- Main Index -- Index of Television Series -- Index of Films Made for Theatrical Release In Demographic Vistas, David Marc shows how we can take television seriously within the humanist tradition while enjoying it on its own terms. To deal with the barrage of messages from television's chaotic history, Marc adapts tools of theatrical and literary criticism to focus on key personalities and genres in ways that reward serious students and casual viewers alike.This updated edition includes a new foreword by Horace Newcomb and a new introduction by the author that discusses the ways in which the nature of television criticism has changed since the book's original publication in 1984. A new final chapter explores the paradox of the diminishing importance of over-the-air broadcasting during the period of television's greatest expansion, which has been brought about by complex technologies such as cable, videocassette recorders, and online services.Television broadcastingUnited StatesHistoryTelevision programsUnited StatesPopular cultureUnited StatesElectronic books.Television broadcastingHistory.Television programsPopular culture302.2/345/0973Marc David920742Newcomb Horace495494MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910457411803321Demographic vistas2451250UNINA