Television myth and the American mind/
Himmelstein, Hal
Television myth and the American mind/ Hal Himmelstein. - 2nd ed. - Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 1994. - xv, 411 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical (p. [391]-394) references and index.
Television myth and the American mind -- The biz: caution! Mythmakers at work -- Advertising: the medium is the mirage -- TV comedy and contemporary life: Mayfield, Mayberry, Minneapolis, and Manhattan -- Television's social comedies -- Television melodrama -- Television news and the television documentary -- Live TV: sport and the TV event -- TV religion and the TV game show: the great American dream in the late twentieth century -- The TV talk show: commodification and the individual -- Toward an oppositional television: strategies for change.
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Television programs--United States.
Television advertising--United States.
Television broadcasting--United States.
302.2345 / HIM/T
Television myth and the American mind/ Hal Himmelstein. - 2nd ed. - Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 1994. - xv, 411 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical (p. [391]-394) references and index.
Television myth and the American mind -- The biz: caution! Mythmakers at work -- Advertising: the medium is the mirage -- TV comedy and contemporary life: Mayfield, Mayberry, Minneapolis, and Manhattan -- Television's social comedies -- Television melodrama -- Television news and the television documentary -- Live TV: sport and the TV event -- TV religion and the TV game show: the great American dream in the late twentieth century -- The TV talk show: commodification and the individual -- Toward an oppositional television: strategies for change.
0275931560 (alk. paper) 0275931579 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Television programs--United States.
Television advertising--United States.
Television broadcasting--United States.
302.2345 / HIM/T