LEADER 02672nam 2200469 450 001 9910793895903321 005 20230126221356.0 010 $a0-500-77371-8 035 $a(CKB)4100000009153991 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5878069 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000009153991 100 $a20190928d2016 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aTelevision $ea biography /$fDavid Thomson 210 1$aNew York, New York ;$aLondon :$cThames & Hudson,$d[2016] 210 4$dİ2016 215 $a1 online resource (412 pages) $cillustrations 311 $a0-500-51916-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 389-398) and index. 327 $aIntroduction: The elephant in the room? -- Part one: The medium. Buy the numbers ; Where are you going, fugitive? ; Norma's sessions ; Oh, Donna! ; Gently "on" : a new age of television people ; The sit and the situation ; Commercials ; Wasteland ; Is that an oasis? -- Part two: The messages. A play, for today? ; Talking heads ; Policeman, save my life ; The news, or Isn't there anyone? ; Women, wives, and wonderers ; The loneliness of the role model ; Mr. President ; Live? ; Documentary? ; Long form ; Laugh on/laugh off ; Eternally on. 330 8 $aIn just a few years, what used to be an immobile piece of living room furniture, which one had to sit in front of at appointed times in order to watch sponsored programming on a finite number of channels, morphed into a glowing cloud of screens with access to a near-endless supply of content available when and how viewers want it. With this phenomenon now a common cultural theme, a writer of David Thomson's stature delivering a critical history, or biography of the six-decade television era, will be a significant event which could not be more timely. Over twenty-two thematically organized chapters, Thomson brings provocatively insightful and unique to the life of what was television. 606 $aTelevision programs$xSocial aspects 606 $aTelevision programs$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aTelevision$xSocial aspects$zUnited States 606 $aTelevision$zUnited States$xHistory 615 0$aTelevision programs$xSocial aspects. 615 0$aTelevision programs$xHistory. 615 0$aTelevision$xSocial aspects 615 0$aTelevision$xHistory. 676 $a791.450973 700 $aThomson$b David$f1941-$01517066 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910793895903321 996 $aTelevision$93753905 997 $aUNINA