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PublisherRoutledge

ISBN-100813305497

ISBN-139780813305493

eBay Product ID (ePID)1113744

Product Key Features

Number of Pages304 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameTelevision and the Crisis of Democracy

Publication Year1990

SubjectPolitical Process / Media & Internet, Television / History & Criticism, American Government / National

FeaturesRevised

TypeTextbook

AuthorDouglas Kellner

Subject AreaPolitical Science, Performing Arts

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Weight15.9 Oz

Item Length8.8 in

Item Width6 in

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Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN90-039829

IllustratedYes

Table Of ContentPreface and Acknowledgments -- Toward a Critical Theory of Television -- Broadcasting and the Rise of Network Television -- Television, Government, and Business: Toward a Critical/Institutional Theory -- Television, Politics, and the Making of Conservative Hegemony -- Alternatives -- Appendixes

Edition DescriptionRevised edition

SynopsisThis is one of the best books I've read on the changing relationship of television to society. It provides a very good analysis of theoretical perspectives on television and makes excellent use of critical theory. An accessible book that at the same time challenges the reader to think more deeply about the role of television in a formally democratic society. --Vincent Mosco Carleton University In this pathbreaking study, Douglas Kellner offers the most systematic, critically informed political and institutional study of television yet published in the United States. Focusing on the relationships among television, the state, and business, he traces the history of television broadcasting, emphasizing its socioeconomic impact and its growing political power. Throughout, Kellner evaluates the contradictory influence of television, a medium that has clearly served the interests of the powerful but has also dramatized conflicts within society and has on occasion led to valuable social criticism.|9780813305493|, In this pathbreaking study, Douglas Kellner offers the most systematic, critically informed political and institutional study of television yet published in the United States. Focusing on the relationship among television, the state, and business, he traces the history of television broadcasting, emphasizing its socioeconomic impact and its growing political power. Throughout, Kellner evaluates the contradictory influence of television, a medium that has clearly served the interests of the powerful, but has also dramatized conflicts within society and has on occasion led to valuable social criticism., This book offers the systematic, critically informed political and institutional study of television yet published in the United States. It evaluates the contradictory influence of television, a medium that has dramatized conflicts within society and has on occasion led to valuable social criticism., Douglas Kellner offers a systematic, critically informed political and institutional study of television in the United States. Focusing on the relationship among television, the state, and business, he traces the history of television broadcasting, emphasizing its socioeconomic impact and its growing political power. Acknowledging that television has long served the interests of the powerful, he points out that it has dramatized conflicts within society and has on occasion led to valuable social criticism.Kellner's examination of television in the 1980s and, in particular, its role in the 1988 presidential election yields the conclusion that in our time television has worked increasingly to further conservative hegemony. In so doing, Kellner argues, contemporary television has helped produce a crisis of democracy.But Television and the Crisis of Democracy goes beyond description and diagnosis. In a discussion that is both analytical and comparative, Kellner presents alternative models to the existing structure of commercial broadcasting and shows how new technologies might be used to create a more democratic future for television--one that could enhance political knowledge and participation.

LC Classification NumberHE8700.76.U6K45 1990