Why viewers watch : a reappraisal of television's effects /

Why viewers watch : a reappraisal of television's effects /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Fowles, Jib
Edition:	Rev. ed.
Imprint:	Newbury Park, Calif. : Sage, c1992.
Description:	xi, 281 p. ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Television -- Psychological aspects Television broadcasting -- Social aspects Television viewers -- United States Television broadcasting -- Social aspects. Television -- Psychological aspects. Television viewers. United States.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1333969

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Other uniform titles:	Fowles, Jib. Television viewers vs. media snobs.
ISBN:	0803940769 (cloth) 0803940777 (pbk.)
Notes:	Rev. ed. of: Television viewers vs. media snobs. 1982. Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-267) and index.

Table of Contents:

Preface to the Revised Edition
On Trial
A Checkered Past
What Viewers Truly Want (and Get) from Television
How it Happens that Viewers Get What They Want
TV Priggery
Television is Good for Nerves
Television is Good for Spleens
Television is Good for Hearts
Television is Good for Brains
Television is Good for Children
Television Heals