About television.

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:Mayer, Martin, 1928-
Edition:[1st ed.].
Imprint:New York, Harper & Row [1972]
Description:xiv, 433 pages 22 cm
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2140088
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ISBN:0060128798
9780060128791
Notes:Includes bibliographical references.
Also issued online.
Other form:Online version: Mayer, Martin, 1928- About television. [1st ed.]. New York, Harper & Row [1972]
Table of Contents:
  • Towers and other landmarks
  • I call hello out there but nobody answer(s)
  • The mystical business of selling time
  • Flip Wilson and ofter prime-time phenomena
  • Other dayparts, other customs
  • Sesame Street and Saturday morning
  • Sports: the highest and best use
  • The nightly network news
  • Right before your eyes: the political nexus
  • Five thousand words with pictures
  • Local television and the meaning of diversity
  • Public television and the meaning of Diversit(y)
  • Cable television: hick, hook, hoke, hooey us
  • If there is no answer, what is the message?