Television in Society: With an Introduction by the Author

ISBN-13: 9781138515284 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 282 str.

Arthur Asa Berger

Opis

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?

Spis treści

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

O autorze

Berger, Arthur Asa