John McMurria

Republic on the Wire

Cable Television, Pluralism, and the Politics of New Technologies, 1948-1984

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Produktbeschreibung

The history of cable television in America is far older than MTV, ESPN, and HBO. Tracing the origins of cable back to the late 1940s, media scholar John McMurria also locates the roots of many current debates about premium television, taste hierarchies, minority programming, content restriction, and corporate ownership. Drawing from rare archives, Republic on the Wire reconstructs the pivotal moments when elite policymakers and disenfranchised viewers clashed over the future of cable television and the meaning of American democracy. 

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 159mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 363g
• ISBN-13: 9780813585291
• ISBN-10: 0813585295
• Artikelnr.: 44945518

Autorenporträt

JOHN MCMURRIA is an assistant professor in the department of communication at the University of California, San Diego. He is the coauthor of Global Hollywood and Global Hollywood 2.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
 
Introduction: American Pluralism, Television Policy, and the Method of
Equality
 
1Broadcast Policy, Television Spectrum, and the Pluralist Logics of
Inequality
 
2Contesting (In)Equality at the Margins of Television Reception
 
3Pay-TV Orders
 
4Local Origination, Public Access, and the Hierarchical Logics of Civic
Culture
 
5Blue Skies, Black Cultures
 
Epilogue: Neutrality, Connectivity, or Equality When Media Converge
 
Notes
Select Bibliography
Index