LEADER 03870nam 2200625 450 001 9910463352603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8135-6271-6 024 7 $a10.36019/9780813562711 035 $a(CKB)2670000000491218 035 $a(EBL)1579440 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001061764 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12461762 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001061764 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11110597 035 $a(PQKB)10769613 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1579440 035 $a(OCoLC)865508918 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse31616 035 $a(DE-B1597)526399 035 $a(OCoLC)1018000320 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780813562711 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1579440 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10818060 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL550926 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000491218 100 $a20131227d2014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n#---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aTelevision in the age of radio $emodernity, imagination, and the making of a medium /$fPhilip W. Sewell 210 1$aNew Brunswick, New Jersey :$cRutgers University Press,$d2014. 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (234 pages) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8135-6270-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$tIntroduction: The Substance of Things Hoped For --$t1. Questions of Definition --$t2. Engendering Expertise and Enthusiasm --$t3. Programming the System for Quality --$t4. Seeing Around Corners --$tConclusions: Why Not Quantity Television? --$tNotes --$tSelected Bibliography --$tIndex --$tAbout the Author 330 $aTelevision existed for a long time before it became commonplace in American homes. Even as cars, jazz, film, and radio heralded the modern age, television haunted the modern imagination. During the 1920's and 1930's, U.S. television was a topic of conversation and speculation. Was it technically feasible? Could it be commercially viable? What would it look like? How might it serve the public interest? And what was its place in the modern future? These questions were not just asked by the American public, but also posed by the people intimately involved in television's creation. Their answers may have been self-serving, but they were also statements of aspiration. Idealistic imaginations of the medium and its impact on social relations became a de facto plan for moving beyond film and radio into a new era. In Television in the Age of Radio, Philip W. Sewell offers a unique account of how television came to be-not just from technical innovations or institutional struggles, but from cultural concerns that were central to the rise of industrial modernity. This book provides sustained investigations of the values of early television amateurs and enthusiasts, the fervors and worries about competing technologies, and the ambitions for programming that together helped mold the medium. Sewell presents a major revision of the history of television, telling us about the nature of new media and how hopes for the future pull together diverse perspectives that shape technologies, industries, and audiences. 606 $aTelevision broadcasting$xSocial aspects$zUnited States 606 $aTelevision broadcasting$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aTelevision broadcasting$xSocial aspects 615 0$aTelevision broadcasting$xHistory 676 $a302.23/450973 700 $aSewell$b Philip W.$f1970-$01048464 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910463352603321 996 $aTelevision in the age of radio$92476768 997 $aUNINA