Television : an international history / edited by Anthony Smith with Richard Paterson.
| Other author | Smith, Anthony, 1938-2021 |
| Other author | Paterson, Richard, 1947- |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | 2nd ed. |
| Publication Info | Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©1998. |
| Description | ix, 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 note | Little-303332--3051310089760 |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 268-279) and index. |
| LCCN | 97044155 |
| ISBN | 0198742495 (acid-free paper) |
| ISBN | 0198159285 (alk. paper) |