Fifties Television: The Industry and Its Critics

by William Boddy

Overview

William Boddy provides a wide-ranging, rigorous analysis of the fledging American television industry during the period of its greatest economic growth, programming changes, and critical controversy. He traces the medium's development from the experimental era through the regulatory battles of the 1940s and the network programming wars of the 1950s.
 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780252062995
Publisher:	University of Illinois Press
Publication date:	08/01/1992
Series:	Illinois Studies in Communications Series
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

William Boddy is in the department of speech at Baruch College, City University of New York, and is the author of numerous articles in journals and edited collections dealing with television and society.