An edition of The republic of mass culture (1992)

The republic of mass culture

journalism, filmmaking, and broadcasting in America since 1941

2nd ed.
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An edition of The republic of mass culture (1992)

The republic of mass culture

journalism, filmmaking, and broadcasting in America since 1941

2nd ed.
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James L. Baughman offers a lively analysis of the impact that the advent of television has had on America's media industries. He contends that because television had captured the largest share of the mass audience by the late 1950s, rival media were forced to target smaller, "sub-group" markets with novel content that ranged from rock 'n' roll for teenage radio listeners in the 1950s to the more sexually explicit films that began to appear in the 1960s.

For this updated edition, Baughman includes in his discussion the effects of the new competitive realities of the 1990s on journalism, filmmaking, and broadcasting. The dominance of the marketplace values, he argues, has further fragmented the mass audience, encouraged record-breaking mergers between media companies, and precipitated a steady and alarming decline in the quality of and public interest in journalism, a trend that may ultimately threaten American democracy.

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Cover of: The republic of mass culture
The republic of mass culture: journalism, filmmaking, and broadcasting in America since 1941
2006, Johns Hopkins University Press
in English - 3rd ed.
Cover of: The Republic of Mass Culture
The Republic of Mass Culture: Journalism, Filmmaking, and Broadcasting in America since 1941 (The American Moment)
November 29, 2005, The Johns Hopkins University Press
Paperback in English - third edition edition
Cover of: The Republic of Mass Culture
The Republic of Mass Culture: Journalism, Filmmaking, and Broadcasting in America since 1941 (The American Moment)
November 28, 2005, The Johns Hopkins University Press
Hardcover in English - third edition edition
Cover of: The republic of mass culture
The republic of mass culture: journalism, filmmaking, and broadcasting in America since 1941
1997, Johns Hopkins University Press
in English - 2nd ed.
Cover of: The republic of mass culture
The republic of mass culture: journalism, filmmaking, and broadcasting in America since 1941
1992, John Hopkins University Press, Johns Hopkins University Press
in English
Cover of: The republic of mass culture

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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-274) and index.

Published in
Baltimore
Series
The American moment

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
302.23/0973
Library of Congress
P92.U5 B345 1997, P92.U5B345 1997

The Physical Object

Pagination
xvii, 287 p. ;
Number of pages
287

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL988234M
Internet Archive
republicofmasscu00baug
ISBN 10
0801855209, 0801855217
LCCN
96026395
OCLC/WorldCat
35029553
Library Thing
549754
Goodreads
4526325
2021207

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WORLD WAR II, despite its inconveniences for many and heartaches for some, was good for the businesses that constituted the American mass media.
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