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Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Making History -- The Power of History -- It Flows Two Ways -- Connection: Seeing Through The Fifties -- History = The Past + Historiography -- Historical Erasures -- History and Nation -- Borders and Identities -- Connection: The Strange Case Of Dr. Brinkley -...

Contents note continued: Questions for Review and Discussion -- Key Terms and Concepts -- Further Exploration -- ch. 3 Broadcasting Begins, 1919 to 1926 -- Social Context: The Jazz Age -- Restrictions and Backlash -- African-American Resistance -- What Did Women Want? -- Popular Entertainments -- Wh...

Contents note continued: ch. 4 The Network Age, 1926 to 1940 -- Social Context: Depression and a New Deal -- Depression -- A New Deal -- Regulation: The Progressive Compromise, 1927-1934 -- The Radio Act of 1927 and General Order 40 -- Breakout Box 4.1 General Public Interest Vs. Propaganda Stations...

Contents note continued: Programming: Popular Radio -- Radio Representations -- Radio Forms and Aesthetics -- Breakout Box 5.1 Forms Of Broadcast Narrative -- Connection: Comedy Variety: Jack Benny And His Radio Family -- Dramatic Anthologies and Features -- Connection: Avant-Garde Radio: The Columb...

Contents note continued: Industry Conceptions of the Audience -- Breakout Box 6.1 Broadcast Ratings Systems -- The Rise of U.S. Communications Research -- Connection: Father Coughlin And The Masses -- Radio Goes to War -- Connection: American Identity And The Radio Feature -- Government-Industry Coo...

Contents note continued: Advertising and Public Relations -- Radio -- Connection: DJS, Black Radio, And The Rise Of Rock Ǹ' Roll -- Regulation: Television's Golden Age -- The Blue Book -- The Big Chill -- Breakout Box 7.1 VHF Vs. UHF: Intermixture And Deintermixture -- Programming: The .Politics an...

Contents note continued: Social Context: The Way We Weren't -- The Civil Rights Movement -- "Women: Neglected Assets" -- The Trouble with Teens -- Media Context: Living with TV -- Radio Readjusts -- Connection: Payola And The.Rise Of Format Radio -- Industry: The Classic Network System Emerges -- Ne...

Contents note continued: The Measured Audience -- Critical Mass -- Is TV Art? -- Conclusion -- Review -- Questions for Review and Discussion -- Key Terms and Concepts -- Further Exploration -- ch. 9 The Classic Network System, 1965 to 1975 -- Social Context: Something's Happening Here -- Race: Again...

Contents note continued: Connection: Sorry, We Are Experiencing Racial Difficulties -- Programming: The Age of Relevance -- Connection: Generational Politics And The American Tv Family -- Breakout Box 9.3 Top-Rated Shows, 1965 And 1975 -- News and Documentary -- Sports -- Social Discourse -- Violenc...

Contents note continued: Expanding Programs -- Connection: The Culture Of Seriality And Repetition -- The New Dramas -- Connection: The Many Qualities Of Fred Silverman -- Daytime -- Nighttime News -- Sports -- Late Night -- Social Discourse -- The Stats of NIMH -- The Birth of Media Studies -- A Ne...

Contents note continued: Jurassic Park? The Big Three Survive -- Cable -- Connection: Espn = Entertainment And Sports Empire -- Breakout Box 11. 3 Channels Owned By The Three Largest MSOs -- Programming: Pushing the Envelope -- The New Auteurs -- Dramedy -- Family Shows in the New Era -- Connection:...

Contents note continued: Regulation: Dealing with Convergence -- The Telecommunications Act of 1996 -- Intellectual Property in the Digital Age -- Breakout Box 12.2 Copyright Term In The New Millennium -- Regulating Global Convergence -- Industry: Mergers and Remediations -- Breakout Box 12.3 Media...

Contents note continued: Global Culture in a Digital Era -- Connection: India Between Global And Local -- Social Discourse: Rethinking Mass Culture -- Conclusion -- Review -- Questions for Review and Discussion -- Key Terms and Concepts -- Further Exploration -- ch. 13 Baby, It's You: Web 2.0, 2005-...

Contents note continued: Key Terms and Concepts -- Further Exploration -- ch. 14 Conclusion: TV After TV -- Democracy and Technology -- The Outlook -- Net Neutrality -- Piracy -- Breakout Box 14.1 Digital Rights Advocacy Organizations -- Conclusion -- Review -- Questions for Review and Discussion --...