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The soap opera paradigm : television programming and corporate priorities / James H. Wittebols.
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View onlineVan Pelt Library PN1992.8.S4 W57 2004
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wittebols, James H.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Television soap operas--United States--History and criticism.
- Television soap operas.
- Radio soap operas--United States--History and criticism.
- Radio soap operas.
- United States.
- Television broadcasting of news--United States.
- Television broadcasting of news.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 231 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [2004]
- Summary:
- This fascinating history of international drug trafficking in the first half of the twentieth century follows the stories of American nares and gangsters, Japanese spies, Chinese warlords, and soldiers of fortune whose lives revolved around opium. The drug trade centered on China, which was before 1949 the world's largest narcotic market. The authors tell the interlocking stories of the many extraordinary personalities -- sinister and otherwise -- involved in narcotics trafficking in Asia, Europe, and the United States. Drawing on a rich store of U.S., British, European, Japanese, and Chinese archives, this unique study will be invaluable for all readers interested in the drug trade and contemporary East Asian history.
- Contents:
- Part I The Soap Opera Paradigm and the Television Industry 9
- 1 The Evolution of the Television Industry 11
- 2 The Soap Opera as Commodity Form 29
- 3 The WWE: Machismo, Melodrama, and Money 45
- Part II Soap Opera Storytelling in News 63
- 4 The Evolution of the ABC and CBS News Divisions 65
- 5 TV News: The Show's the Thing 87
- 6 Floods of Tears: Natural Disasters in the News 105
- 7 All My Primaries: Political Campaigns and Television News 129
- Part III Soap Opera: The Godzilla Genre 149
- 8 Prime Time Storytelling 151
- 9 Reality TV: "This Is Just Like a Soap" 171
- 10 A Little Soap with Your Sports? 191.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-222) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0742520013
- 0742520021
- 074252003X
- OCLC:
- 54446382
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