Center Field Shot - A History of Baseball on Television

Informationen zum Autor James R. Walker is professor of communication and chair of the Department of Communications at Saint Xavier University. Robert V. Bellamy Jr. is an associate professor in the Department of Journalism and Multimedia Arts at Duquesne University. Klappentext James R. Walker is professor of communication and chair of the Department of Communications at Saint Xavier University. Robert V. Bellamy Jr. is an associate professor in the Department of Journalism and Multimedia Arts at Duquesne University. Zusammenfassung The medium of television exposed baseball to a national audience; altered the financial picture for teams! owners! and players; and changed the way Americans followed the game. This book explores such changes and makes sense of their meaning for America's pastime. It traces the relationship from the first televised game in 1939. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments   Introduction: The Game in the Box   Part I: The Local Game1. The Experimental Years     2. The First Seasons of Televised Baseball      3. Team Approaches to Television in the Broadcast Era Part II: The National Game4. Televising the World Series      5. Origins of the Game of the Week  6. The National Television Package, 1966-89     7. National Broadcasts in the Cable Era   8. The Pay Television Era     Part III: Television and Baseball's Dysfunctional Marriage9. Television As Threat, Television As Savior   10. Television and the "Death" of the Golden Age Minors     11. Baseball, Television, Congress, and the Law 12. Baseball and Television Synergy Part IV: How the Game Was Covered13. The Announcer in the Television Age   14. Innovations in Production Practices   Epilogue: Baseball in the Advanced Media Age    Appendix A: Televised Baseball Games, 1949-81   Notes Index

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• Authors: Robert V Bellamy, Robert V. Bellamy, Robert V. Jr. Bellamy, James R Walker, James R. Walker, James R. Bellamy Walker, James R./ Bellamy Walker
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.06.2008
• EAN: 9780803248250
• ISBN: 978-0-8032-4825-0
• No. of pages: 402
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Guides > Sport > Ball sport; Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Journalism; Baseball, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Journalism, Fernsehen, TV, Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy, SPORTS & RECREATION / Baseball / History, PERFORMING ARTS / Television / History & Criticism