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the visualizers of CBS in the 1940s

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the visualizers of CBS in the 1940s

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Peter Lang
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Origins of Television News in America: The Visualizers of Cbs in The 1940S
2012, Lang Publishing, Incorporated, Peter
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Table of Contents

The back story of television and broadcast journalism
Radio news in World War II and the rise of television
The beginning of commercial television in America
The ambitious birth of television news
Television during World War II : improvisation amidst shortages
The fight over post-war television
The power of the visuals : journalists dismiss the potential of television news
Post-war news : rediscovering local and national stories
A guest in the living room : the evolution of the television newscaster
The 1948 political conventions : politicians and journalists meet the "all-encompassing eye"
Lost autonomy : television success brings more oversight and competition
Becoming a mass medium : The CBS newscast emerges as television's news format
The impact and importance of the 1940s CBS television newscasts.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
070.1/95
Library of Congress
PN4888.T4 C66 2009, PN4888.T4C66 2009

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL23223701M
Internet Archive
originsoftelevis0000conw
ISBN 13
9781433106026
LCCN
2009017953
OCLC/WorldCat
320435076
Library Thing
9272776

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