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Author Watson, Mary Ann.

Title Defining visions : television and the American experience in the 20th century / Mary Ann Watson.

Publication Info. Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2008.

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Stacks  PN1992.3.U5 W39 2008    Available  ---
Edition 2nd ed.
Description xii, 298 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-284) and index.
Contents Television enters the picture -- Television and the melting pot: race and ethnicity -- Home on screen: gender and family -- The Killing tube: violence and crime -- TV goes all the way: romance and sexuality -- The boxed-in workplace: jobs and professions -- Tuning out restraint: indulgence and advertising -- Taking the cue: television and the American personality -- Deep focus: television and the American character -- The webbed republic: democracy in the television age.
Subject Television broadcasting -- United States -- History.
Television broadcasting.
United States.
History.
Verenigde Staten.
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