Television : an international history / edited by Anthony Smith with Richard Paterson.

Other author Smith, Anthony, 1938-2021
Other author Paterson, Richard, 1947-
Format Book
Edition2nd ed.
Publication InfoOxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©1998.
Descriptionix, 294 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subjects

Contents The invention of television / Albert Abramson -- The beginnings of American television / William Boddy -- Television as a public service medium / Anthony Smith -- Drama and entertainment / Richard Paterson -- Non-fiction television / Michael Tracey -- Sport / Steven Barnett -- Political ceremony and instant history / Daniel Dayan and Elihu Katz -- Television in the home and family / Susan Briggs -- Taste, decency, and standards / Colin Shaw -- Terrorism / Philip Schlesinger -- The American networks / Les Brown -- Canada / Marc Raboy -- Japan / Hidetoshi Kato -- The Arab world / Douglas Boyd -- The Third World / Dietrich Berwanger -- South Asia / Pradip N. Thomas -- Australia / Elizabeth Jacka and Lesley Johnson -- Scandinavia, Netherlands, and Belgium / Trine Syvertsen and Eli Skogerbø -- Africa / Charles Okigbo -- Greater China / Zhao Bin -- Latin America / Silvio Waisbord -- Epilogue : the future / Richard Paterson and Anthony Smith.
Local noteLittle-303332--3051310089760
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 268-279) and index.
LCCN 97044155
ISBN0198742495 (acid-free paper)
ISBN0198159285 (alk. paper)