Television : an international history
by
 
Smith, Anthony, 1938-

Title
: 
Television : an international history

Author
: 
Smith, Anthony, 1938-

ISBN
: 
9780198159285
 
9780198742494

Edition
: 
2nd ed.

Publication Information
: 
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c1998.

Physical Description
: 
ix, 294 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Contents
: 
Introduction / Anthony Smith -- Pt. 1. Origins and Institutions. 1. The Invention of Television / Albert Abramson. 2. The Beginnings of American Television /William Boddy. 3. Television as a Public Service Medium / Anthony Smith -- Pt. 2. Forms and Genres. 4. Drama and Entertainment / Richard Paterson. 5. Non-Fiction Television / Michael Tracey. 6. Sport /Steven Barnett. 7. Political Ceremony and Instant History / Daniel Dayan and Elihu Katz -- Pt. 3. Television and Society. 8. Television in the Home and Family / Susan Briggs. 9. Taste, Decency, and Standards / Colin Shaw. 10. Terrorism / Philip Schlesinger -- Pt. 4. Television across the World. 11. The American Networks / Les Brown. 12. Canada / Marc Raboy. 13. Japan / Hidetoshi Kato. 14. The Arab World /Douglas Boyd. 15. The Third World / Dietrich Berwanger. 16. South Asia / Pradip N. Thomas. 17. Australia / Elizabeth Jacka and Lesley Johnson. 18. Scandinavia, Netherlands, and Belgium / Trine Syvertsen and Eli Skogerbo.
 
19. Africa / Charles Okigbo. 20. Greater China / Zhao Bin. 21. Latin America / Silvio Waisbord -- Epilogue: The Future / Richard Paterson and Anthony Smith.

Subject Term
: 
Television -- History.
 
Television broadcasting -- History.
 
Television programs -- History.
 
Television broadcasting -- Social aspects.

Added Author
: 
Smith, Anthony, 1938-
 
Paterson, Richard, 1947-


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