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The Citizen Machine: Governing by Television in 1950s America by Anna McCarthy
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- Book Title
- The Citizen Machine: Governing by Television in 1950s America
- Publication Date
- 2013-03-31
- Pages
- 349
- ISBN
- 9781479881345
- Subject Area
- Technology & Engineering, Business & Economics, History, Performing Arts, Political Science
- Publication Name
- Citizen Machine : Governing by Television in 1950s America
- Item Length
- 8.9 in
- Publisher
- New York University Press
- Subject
- Television / History & Criticism, Television / General, Television & Video, General, United States / General, Advertising & Promotion
- Publication Year
- 2013
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.9 in
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Item Weight
- 16 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 350 Pages, 349 Pages
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At the dawn of television in the early 1950s, a broad range of powerful groups and individuals--from prominent liberal intellectuals to massive corporations--saw in TV a unique capacity to influence the American masses, shaping (in the words of the American philosopher Mortimer Adler) "the ideas that should be in every citizen's mind." Formed in the shadow of the Cold War--amid the stirrings of the early civil rights movement--the potential of television as a form of unofficial government inspired corporate executives, foundation officers, and other influential leaders to approach TV sponsorship as a powerful new avenue for shaping the course of American democracy. In this compelling political history of television's formative years, media historian Anna McCarthy goes behind the scenes to bring back into view an entire era of civic-minded programming and the ideas about democratic agency from which it sprang. Based on pathbreaking archival work, The Citizen Machine poses entirely new questions about the political significance of television. At a time when TV broadcasting is in a state of crisis, and new media reform movements have entered political culture, here is an original and thought-provoking history of the assumptions that have profoundly shaped not only television but our understanding of American citizenship itself.
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New York University Press
ISBN-10
1479881341
ISBN-13
9781479881345
eBay Product ID (ePID)
150595785
Product Key Features
Publication Name
Citizen Machine : Governing by Television in 1950s America
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Television / History & Criticism, Television / General, Television & Video, General, United States / General, Advertising & Promotion
Publication Year
2013
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Technology & Engineering, Business & Economics, History, Performing Arts, Political Science
Number of Pages
350 Pages, 349 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.9 in
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Width
6 in
Item Weight
16 Oz
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Scholarly & Professional
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"McCarthy has written about an aspect of the 'golden age of television' seldom detailed in histories of early television. This is the story of how some of the largest American commercial corporations of the 1950s used the new medium of television not with the sole intent of advertising their products but to effect social reform on television viewers in order to create 'good citizens.' Highly recommended." - Choice, "McCarthy has written about an aspect of the 'golden age of television' seldom detailed in histories of early television. This is the story of how some of the largest American commercial corporations of the 1950s used the new medium of television not with the sole intent of advertising their products but to effect social reform on television viewers in order to create 'good citizens.' Highly recommended." - Choice ,, "In this engaging and original study, Anna McCarthy examines the high civic hopes once held for U.S. commercial television by the liberal social, political, and business elites who made up the 'governing classes.'" - Journal of American History, In this engaging and original study, Anna McCarthy examines the high civic hopes once held for U.S. commercial television by the liberal social, political, and business elites who made up the & governing classes., "In this engaging and original study, Anna McCarthy examines the high civic hopes once held for U.S. commercial television by the liberal social, political, and business elites who made up the 'governing classes.'"- Journal of American History ,, "In this engaging and original study, Anna McCarthy examines the high civic hopes once held for U.S. commercial television by the liberal social, political, and business elites who made up the 'governing classes.'" - Journal of American History ,, "McCarthy has written about an aspect of the 'golden age of television' seldom detailed in histories of early television. This is the story of how some of the largest American commercial corporations of the 1950s used the new medium of television not with the sole intent of advertising their products but to effect social reform on television viewers in order to create 'good citizens.' Highly recommended." - Choice ,, "McCarthy has written about an aspect of the 'golden age of television' seldom detailed in histories of early television. This is the story of how some of the largest American commercial corporations of the 1950s used the new medium of television not with the sole intent of advertising their products but to effect social reform on television viewers in order to create 'good citizens.' Highly recommended." Choice" In this engaging and original study, Anna McCarthy examines the high civic hopes once held for U.S. commercial television by the liberal social, political, and business elites who made up the 'governing classes.'" Journal of American History, McCarthy has written about an aspect of the & golden age of television seldom detailed in histories of early television. This is the story of how some of the largest American commercial corporations of the 1950s used the new medium of television not with the sole intent of advertising their products but to effect social reform on television viewers in order to create & good citizens. Highly recommended, "McCarthy has written about an aspect of the 'golden age of television' seldom detailed in histories of early television. This is the story of how some of the largest American commercial corporations of the 1950s used the new medium of television not with the sole intent of advertising their products but to effect social reform on television viewers in order to create 'good citizens.' Highly recommended." Choice "In this engaging and original study, Anna McCarthy examines the high civic hopes once held for U.S. commercial television by the liberal social, political, and business elites who made up the 'governing classes.'" Journal of American History
Copyright Date
2013
Dewey Decimal
302.23/45097309045
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
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