Target : prime time : advocacy groups and the struggle over entertainment television / / Kathryn C. Montgomery

• Autore: Montgomery Kathryn C.
• Pubblicazione: New York, New York ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 1989; ©1989
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (289 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.800973
• Soggetto topico: Television broadcasting - Social aspects - United States; Pressure groups - United States; Minorities on television
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Chapter 1. Prime Time as Political Territory; Chapter 2. Television Under Siege; Chapter 3. And Then Came Maude . . .; Chapter 4. Managing Advocacy Groups; Chapter 5. Invisibility and Influence; Chapter 6. He Who Pays the Piper; Chapter 7. Battle over Beulah Land; Chapter 8. Cleaning Up TV; Chapter 9. The Hollywood Lobbyists; Chapter 10. Packaging Controversy; Chapter 11. From Ferment to Feedback; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y
• Sommario/riassunto: Offering the first book-length exploration of network television's relations with advocacy groups, Kathryn C. Montgomery presents a comprehensive picture of the impact of organized pressure on prime-time TV. She vividly describes, for example, how the Catholic Church campaigned againstMaude's abortion on the TV show, Maude; how outraged actors mobilized a national protest against the portrayal of blacks in the TV miniseries, Beulah Land; and how the Moral Majority waged a sophisticated campaign to ""clean up TV,"" by threatening to boycott advertisers. Exposing the inner workings of netw
• Titolo autorizzato: Target
• ISBN: 1-280-52473-1; 0-19-802165-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910454398603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Communication and society (New York, N.Y.)