Television in Society - With an Introduction By the Author

List of contents

Campaign Commercials; 1984—The Commercial; Television Ceremonial Events; Huxley on Television; Real Police on Television Supercops; Cultural Bias in “M*A*S*H”; The Politics of “Lou Grant”; Sagan's Metaphysical Parable; Decoding “Dallas”: Comparing American and German Viewers; Violence and Aggression; Researching Television Violence; Defending the Indefensible; Smoking Out the Critics; Proliferating Violence; Networks Hold The Line; Assessing Academic Achievement; Facts, Fantasies and Schools; Reading Performance; Dubious Facts and Real Schools; Mass Media Values; Television: Mass Communication and Elite Controls; Fantasy and Culture on Television; Direct-Broadcast Satellites and Cultural Integrity; Free Press for a Free People; Screening Nuclear War and Vietnam; Coming to Terms with Television: A Selected and Annotated Bibliography

About the author

Berger, Arthur Asa

Summary

Is television a cultural wasteland, or a medium that has brought people more great art, music, dance, and drama than any previous media? How do we study and interpret television? What are the effects of television on individuals and society, and how do we measure them? What is the role of television in our political and economic life?

Product details

• Authors: BERGER, Arthur Asa Berger, Arthur Asa (San Francisco State University Berger
• Assisted by: Arthur Asa Berger (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.10.2017
• EAN: 9781138515284
• ISBN: 978-1-138-51528-4
• No. of pages: 282
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General