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A word from our viewers : reflections from early television audiences / Ray Barfield.
Van Pelt Library PN1992.3.U5 B35 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Barfield, Ray E.
- Series:
- Praeger television collection
- [Praeger television collection series]
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Television broadcasting--United States--History.
- Television broadcasting.
- Television viewers.
- United States.
- History.
- Television viewers--United States--Attitudes.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 158 pages ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2008.
- Contents:
- First Watchers: An Introduction xv
- I How They Watched
- Chapter 1 Anticipations and First Sightings 3
- Chapter 2 Test Pattern Days: "We've Got a TV!" 15
- Chapter 3 Antennas, Rotors, and Hope 35
- Chapter 4 TV Behaviors and Protocols 41
- II What They Watched
- Chapter 5 An Electronic Vaudeville: Variety and Drama Programs 51
- Chapter 6 News Programs and Events Coverage 77
- Chapter 7 Informational, Cultural, Quiz, and Sports Programs 87
- Chapter 8 "Our Town" TV 97
- Chapter 9 The Distant View 107
- Chapter 10 The TV Life 111
- III What Others Saw
- Chapter 11 Television Is ... / Was ... / Will Be... 125
- Chapter 12 TV and Its Viewers in Other Media 137.
- Notes:
- Series from jacket.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [149]-154) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780275998707
- 0275998703
- OCLC:
- 156845855
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