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SAME TIME, SAME STATION: CREATING AMERICAN TELEVISION by James L. Baughman
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- Hardcover
- Publication Name
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- ISBN-10
- 0801879337
- ISBN
- 9780801879333
- Book Title
- Same Time, Same Station : Creating American Television, 1948-1961
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Publication Year
- 2007
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 1.4 in
- Genre
- Business & Economics, History, Social Science, Performing Arts
- Topic
- Media Studies, United States / 20th Century, Television / General, Industries / Media & Communications
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Item Weight
- 27.3 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 460 Pages
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James L. Baughman takes readers behind the scenes of early broadcasting, examining corporate machinations that determined the future of television.
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Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN-10
0801879337
ISBN-13
9780801879333
eBay Product ID (ePID)
53932284
Product Key Features
Book Title
Same Time, Same Station : Creating American Television, 1948-1961
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Media Studies, United States / 20th Century, Television / General, Industries / Media & Communications
Publication Year
2007
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Business & Economics, History, Social Science, Performing Arts
Number of Pages
460 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9 in
Item Height
1.4 in
Item Width
6 in
Item Weight
27.3 Oz
Additional Product Features
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Trade
Lc Classification Number
Tl153.B667
Reviews
"Readers of Journalism History... are urged to read this book." -- Alexander Russo, Journalism History, "Baughman tells a familiar story -- commerce crushes cultural aspiration -- but he adds fresh and fascinating details from behind the scenes at the television networks. And he avoid nostalgia for a 'golden age' of television that never was." -- Philadelphia Inquirer, Though not the first study of this period, this is surely one of the more readable and insightful - and well documented., The period that Baughman covers is the 'golden age of television'-the much mourned era of dramas by Paddy Chayefsky and documentaries by Edward R. Murrow... Although Baughman is scrupulously respectful of the achievements of Weaver, Murrow, and other heroes of fifties television, he never misses a chance to offer up contrarian material., Baughman tells a familiar story-commerce crushes cultural aspiration-but he adds fresh and fascinating details from behind the scenes at the television networks. And he avoid nostalgia for a 'golden age' of television that never was., "" Same Time, Same Station is a scholarly pleasure to explore and should be in every university library where media studies are taken seriously."", The period that Baughman covers is the 'golden age of television'--the much mourned era of dramas by Paddy Chayefsky and documentaries by Edward R. Murrow... Although Baughman is scrupulously respectful of the achievements of Weaver, Murrow, and other heroes of fifties television, he never misses a chance to offer up contrarian material., College-level collections strong in media history will find this an attractive addition... accessible even to lay readers., "Though not the first study of this period, this is surely one of the more readable and insightful -- and well documented." -- Chris Sterling, Communication Booknotes Quarterly, "The most thorough, well-researched, and broad-ranging history of television we have to date... Baughman's achievement is a major one." -- Business History Review, Though not the first study of this period, this is surely one of the more readable and insightful -- and well documented., "College-level collections strong in media history will find this an attractive addition... accessible even to lay readers." -- Midwest Book Review, The most thorough, well-researched, and broad-ranging history of television we have to date... Baughman's achievement is a major one., A thought-provoking book... Does a masterful job of engaging the academic discourse and media theory., Baughman's study is interesting from a policy point of view... it is also evocative as a spin through the index will show., The period that Baughman covers is the 'golden age of television' -- the much mourned era of dramas by Paddy Chayefsky and documentaries by Edward R. Murrow... Although Baughman is scrupulously respectful of the achievements of Weaver, Murrow, and other heroes of fifties television, he never misses a chance to offer up contrarian material., "A thought-provoking book... Does a masterful job of engaging the academic discourse and media theory." -- Andrew J. Falk, Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, "The period that Baughman covers is the "golden age of television" -- the much mourned era of dramas by Paddy Chayefsky and documentaries by Edward R. Murrow... Although Baughman is scrupulously respectful of the achievements of Weaver, Murrow, and other heroes of fifties television, he never misses a chance to offer up contrarian material." -- Nicholas Lemann, New Yorker, Baughman tells a familiar story -- commerce crushes cultural aspiration -- but he adds fresh and fascinating details from behind the scenes at the television networks. And he avoid nostalgia for a 'golden age' of television that never was., Baughman tells a familiar story--commerce crushes cultural aspiration--but he adds fresh and fascinating details from behind the scenes at the television networks. And he avoid nostalgia for a 'golden age' of television that never was., Same Time, Same Station is a scholarly pleasure to explore and should be in every university library where media studies are taken seriously.
Table of Content
AcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Opening Number2. ""The Mother of Television""3. The Marionette and the Cross-Dresser4. The Regulators5. ""Mr. Spectacular""6. Paley's Choice7. ""We Just See That It Isn't Lousy""8. The Patrons9. ""Informed without Being Ponderous""10. Shooting the Wounded11. Signing OffNotesEssay on SourcesIndex, Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Opening Number 2. "The Mother of Television" 3. The Marionette and the Cross-Dresser 4. The Regulators 5. "Mr. Spectacular" 6. Paley's Choice 7. "We Just See That It Isn't Lousy" 8. The Patrons 9. "Informed without Being Ponderous" 10. Shooting the Wounded 11. Signing Off Notes Essay on Sources Index
Copyright Date
2007
Lccn
2006-015560
Dewey Decimal
384.550973
Dewey Edition
22
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