The invention of television / Albert Abramson -- The beginnings of American television / William Boddy -- Television as a public service medium / Anthony Smith -- Drama and entertainment / Richard Paterson -- Non-fiction television / Michael Tracey...
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The invention of television / Albert Abramson -- The beginnings of American television / William Boddy -- Television as a public service medium / Anthony Smith -- Drama and entertainment / Richard Paterson -- Non-fiction television / Michael Tracey -- Sport / Steven Barnett -- Political ceremony and instant history / Daniel Dayan and Elihu Katz -- Television in the home and family / Susan Briggs -- Taste, decency, and standards / Colin Shaw -- Terrorism / Philip Schlesinger -- The American networks / Les Brown -- Canada / Marc Raboy -- Japan / Hidetoshi Kato -- The Arab world / Douglas Boyd -- The Third World / Dietrich Berwanger -- South Asia / Pradip N. Thomas -- Australia / Elizabeth Jacka and Lesley Johnson -- Scandinavia, Netherlands, and Belgium / Trine Syvertsen and Eli Skogerb(c)ı -- Africa / Charles Okigbo -- Greater China / Zhao Bin -- Latin America / Silvio Waisbord -- Epilogue : the future / Richard Paterson and Anthony Smith
Includes bibliographical references and index. - Previous ed.: 1995
The invention of television / Albert Abramson -- The beginnings of American television / William Boddy -- Television as a public service medium / Anthony Smith -- Drama and entertainment / Richard Paterson -- Non-fiction television / Michael Tracey -- Sport / Steven Barnett -- Political ceremony and instant history / Daniel Dayan and Elihu Katz -- Television in the home and family / Susan Briggs -- Taste, decency, and standards / Colin Shaw -- Terrorism / Philip Schlesinger -- The American networks / Les Brown -- Canada / Marc Raboy -- Japan / Hidetoshi Kato -- The Arab world / Douglas Boyd -- The Third World / Dietrich Berwanger -- South Asia / Pradip N. Thomas -- Australia / Elizabeth Jacka and Lesley Johnson -- Scandinavia, Netherlands, and Belgium / Trine Syvertsen and Eli Skogerbø -- Africa / Charles Okigbo -- Greater China / Zhao Bin -- Latin America / Silvio Waisbord -- Epilogue : the future / Richard Paterson and Anthony Smith.