Religious Television - Controversies and Conclusions

This volume addresses the various and highly topical controversies surrounding religious television by examining its history, structure, content, viewship, and social impact. It represents a compilation of original essays written by the world's leading scholars, regulators, authorities, and watchdogs of religious television. Each controversy is addressed from a wide range of perspectives. The result is a most interesting exchange of ideas and ideologies: the presentation of empirical data, theology and learned opinion, and an assortment of insightful conclusions.

About the author

Stewart M. Hoover is Professor of Media Studies at the University of Colorado, Boulder, USA, where he directs the Center for Media, Religion and Culture.

Product details

• Authors: Robert Abelman, Stewart Hoover
• Publisher: Praeger
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.1990
• EAN: 9780893916442
• ISBN: 978-0-89391-644-2
• No. of pages: 378
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 547 g
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > General, dictionaries