NBC [[electronic resource] ] : America's network / / Michele Hilmes, editor ; Michael Henry, photo editor |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (375 p.) |
Disciplina | 384.55/06573 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
HenryMichael (Michael Lowell)
HilmesMichele <1953-> |
Soggetto topico | Television |
Soggetto non controllato |
20th century american culture
21st century american culture american broadcasting american cultural studies cbs commercial radio cultural history digital platforms entertainment industry fcc network inquiry friends historical history industry practice international consolidation media history media studies national broadcasting company nbc news documentary retrospective satire star trek technology television history television programming television united states of america |
ISBN |
0-520-94060-1
1-281-38561-1 9786611385613 1-4356-8290-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction to Part One: Broadcasting Begins, 1919-38 -- 1. NBC and the Network Idea: Defining the "American System" -- 2. "Always in Friendly Competition": NBC and CBS in the First Decade of National Broadcasting -- 3. Programming in the Public Interest: America's Town Meeting of the Air -- 4. Regulating Class Conflict on the Air: NBC's Relationship with Business and Organized Labor -- Introduction to Part Two: Transitional Decades, 1938-60 -- 5. Breaking Chains: NBC and the FCC Network Inquiry, 1938-43 -- 6. Why Sarnoff Slept: NBC and the Holocaust -- 7. Employment and Blue Pencils: NBC, Race, and Representation, 1926-55 -- 8. NBC, J. Walter Thompson, and the Struggle for Control of Television Programming, 1946-58 -- 9. Talent Raids and Package Deals: NBC Loses Its Leadership in the 1950's -- Introduction to Part Three: NBC and the Classic Network System, 1960-85 -- 10. NBC News Documentary: "Intelligent Interpretation" in a Cold War Context -- 11. What Closes on Saturday Night: NBC and Satire -- 12. The Little Program That Could: The Relationship between NBC and Star Trek -- 13. Sex as a Weapon: Programming Sexuality in the 1970's -- 14. Saturday Morning Children's Programs on NBC, 1975-2006: A Case Study of Self-Regulation -- Introduction to Part Four: NBC in the Digital Age, 1985 to the Present -- 15. Must-See TV: NBC's Dominant Decades -- 16. Creating the Twenty-first-Century Television Network: NBC in the Age of Media Conglomerates -- 17. Life without Friends: NBC's Programming Strategies in an Age of Media Clutter, Media Conglomeration, and TiVo -- 18. Network Nation: Writing Broadcasting History as Cultural History -- NBC Time Line -- Bibliography -- Notes on Contributors -- Index |
Altri titoli varianti | National Broadcasting Company |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782562403321 |
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2007 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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NBC : America's network / / Michele Hilmes, editor ; Michael Henry, photo editor |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (375 p.) |
Disciplina | 384.55/06573 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
HenryMichael (Michael Lowell)
HilmesMichele <1953-> |
Soggetto topico | Television |
Soggetto non controllato |
20th century american culture
21st century american culture american broadcasting american cultural studies cbs commercial radio cultural history digital platforms entertainment industry fcc network inquiry friends historical history industry practice international consolidation media history media studies national broadcasting company nbc news documentary retrospective satire star trek technology television history television programming television united states of america |
ISBN |
0-520-94060-1
1-281-38561-1 9786611385613 1-4356-8290-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction to Part One: Broadcasting Begins, 1919-38 -- 1. NBC and the Network Idea: Defining the "American System" -- 2. "Always in Friendly Competition": NBC and CBS in the First Decade of National Broadcasting -- 3. Programming in the Public Interest: America's Town Meeting of the Air -- 4. Regulating Class Conflict on the Air: NBC's Relationship with Business and Organized Labor -- Introduction to Part Two: Transitional Decades, 1938-60 -- 5. Breaking Chains: NBC and the FCC Network Inquiry, 1938-43 -- 6. Why Sarnoff Slept: NBC and the Holocaust -- 7. Employment and Blue Pencils: NBC, Race, and Representation, 1926-55 -- 8. NBC, J. Walter Thompson, and the Struggle for Control of Television Programming, 1946-58 -- 9. Talent Raids and Package Deals: NBC Loses Its Leadership in the 1950's -- Introduction to Part Three: NBC and the Classic Network System, 1960-85 -- 10. NBC News Documentary: "Intelligent Interpretation" in a Cold War Context -- 11. What Closes on Saturday Night: NBC and Satire -- 12. The Little Program That Could: The Relationship between NBC and Star Trek -- 13. Sex as a Weapon: Programming Sexuality in the 1970's -- 14. Saturday Morning Children's Programs on NBC, 1975-2006: A Case Study of Self-Regulation -- Introduction to Part Four: NBC in the Digital Age, 1985 to the Present -- 15. Must-See TV: NBC's Dominant Decades -- 16. Creating the Twenty-first-Century Television Network: NBC in the Age of Media Conglomerates -- 17. Life without Friends: NBC's Programming Strategies in an Age of Media Clutter, Media Conglomeration, and TiVo -- 18. Network Nation: Writing Broadcasting History as Cultural History -- NBC Time Line -- Bibliography -- Notes on Contributors -- Index |
Altri titoli varianti | National Broadcasting Company |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996248204503316 |
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2007 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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