02284nam 22004333u 450 99624821750331620130418052808.0(CKB)3360000000000607(EBL)1159005(OCoLC)833763877(EXLCZ)99336000000000060720130418d2002|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||Viewers Like You[electronic resource] How Public TV Failed the PeopleNew York Columbia University Press20021 online resource (299 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-231-11943-7 Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Cultural Contradictions of Public Television; 1. Oasis of the Vast Wasteland; 2. The Quest to Cultivate; 3. TV Viewing as Good Citizenship; 4. Something for Everyone; 5. Radicalizing Middle America; Epilogue: Public Television, Popularity, and Cultural Justice; Notes; IndexHow ""public"" is public television if only a small percentage of the American people tune in on a regular basis? When public television addresses ""viewers like you,"" just who are you? Despite the current of frustration with commercial television that runs through American life, most TV viewers bypass the redemptive ""oasis of the wasteland"" represented by PBS and turn to the sitcoms, soap operas, music videos, game shows, weekly dramas, and popular news programs produced by the culture industries. Viewers Like You? traces the history of public broadcasting in the United States, questiElite (Social sciences) -- United States -- HistoryIdeology -- United States -- HistoryPublic television -- United States -- HistoryElectronic books.Elite (Social sciences) -- United States -- History.Ideology -- United States -- History.Public television -- United States -- History.302.23450973384.55/4/0973384.5540973Oullette Laurie1015620AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK996248217503316Viewers Like You2372274UNISA