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BL
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1001110
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b755480
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| Main Entry
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Cummins, Walter M.
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| Title & Author
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Programming our lives : : television and American identity /\ Walter Cummins and George Gordon.
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| Publication Statement
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Westport, Conn. :: Praeger,, 2006.
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1 online resource (xvii, 221 pages)
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| ISBN
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0313076162
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: 9780313076169
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0275990206
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9780275990206
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-212) and index.
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| Contents
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Introduction : the dominant medium -- pt. I. Our personal lives -- 1. Pictures in our heads : "watching" radio -- 2. Learning to watch : TV and perception -- 3. Watching together or alone : uniting and dividing -- 4. Mainstreaming : how TV creates norms -- 5. Amateurs performing : "reality" television -- 6. Airing our lives : broadcast revelations -- 7. The price of admission : commercials -- pt. II. Our democracy -- 8. Staggering costs : TV and elections -- 9. Pressure though pictures : governance and TV -- 10. Bleeding leads : news dissemination -- pt. III. Our society -- 11. Learning from the screen : television and education -- 12. Doctors and patients : television and medicine -- 13. Criminal justice : television and the law -- 14. Financing the game : TV and professional sports -- pt. IV. Our world -- 15. Broadcast cultures : TV in the world -- 16. Multiplying channels : the proliferation and fragmentation -- 17. Nothing out of range : the prevalence of TV cameras -- 18. The future of TV : technology, content, effects -- Conclusion -- 19. American life after sixty years of TV.
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Television broadcasting-- Social aspects-- United States.
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Télévision-- Aspect social-- États-Unis.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Media Studies.
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Television broadcasting-- Social aspects.
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Sociale aspecten.
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Televisie.
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Télévision-- Émissions-- Aspect social, États-Unis.
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United States.
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Verenigde Staten.
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| Dewey Classification
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302.23/450973
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PN1992.6.C863 2006eb
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05.36bcl
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Gordon, George G.
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