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Informationen zum Autor Patrick R. Parsons is Don Davis Professor of Ethics, College of Communications, Penn State University. He is the co-author (with Robert Frieden) of The Cable and Satellite Television Industry. He is also the author of Cable Television and the First Amendment and co-editor (with Steve Knowlton) of The Journalist's Moral Compass. Klappentext Blue Skies is the first complete history of cable television, the most influential technology affecting the lives of almost every American. Author Patrick Parsons writes about the early days of cable -- they go back farther than most people know -- and the pioneers in the last half of the twentieth century whose business skills, entrepreneurial instinct, and luck all played out to give rise to the most ubiquitous technology in the country-- still outpacing computers and the internet -- cable TV. Zusammenfassung A history of cable television, this book is about the early days of cable and the pioneers in the last half of the twentieth century whose business skills, entrepreneurial instinct, and luck all played out to give rise to the technology in the US - still outpacing computers and the internet - cable TV. Inhaltsverzeichnis Table of ContentsPreface Chapter 1: The Evolution of a Revolution Chapter 2: Pioneering Efforts Chapter 3: Mom ‘n’ Pop Business Chapter 4: Abel Cable Goes to Washington Chapter 5: Cable’s New Frontier Chapter 6: The Wired Nation Chapter 7: The Cable Fable Chapter 8: The Phoenix Chapter 9: Cablemania Chapter 10: The Cable BoomChapter 11: The Cable Cosa Nostra Chapter 12: 500 Channels Chapter 13: “What’s Gonna Be Next?” Appendices
