The Revolution Wasn't Televised - Sixties Television and Social Conflict (Hardcover)

Caricatures of sixties television--called a "vast wasteland" by the FCC president in the early sixties--continue to dominate our perceptions of the era and cloud popular understanding of the relationship between pop culture and larger social forces. Opposed to these conceptions, The Revolution Wasn't Televised explores the ways in which prime-time television was centrally involved in the social conflicts of the 1960s. It was then that television became a ubiquitous element in American homes. The contributors in this volume argue that due to TV's constant presence in everyday life, it became the object of intense debates over childraising, education, racism, gender, technology, politics, violence, and Vietnam. These essays explore the minutia of TV in relation to the macro-structure of sixties politics and society, attempting to understand the struggles that took place over representation the nation's most popular communications media during the 1960s.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	AFI Film Readers
Release date:	April 1997
First published:	1997
Editors:	Lynn Spigel • Michael Curtin
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 30mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	368
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-91121-4
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > Media studies Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > General Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Media, information & communication industries > General Promotions
LSN:	0-415-91121-4
Barcode:	9780415911214

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