Republic on the wire : cable television, pluralism, and the politics of new technologies, 1948-1984...
Republic on the wire : cable television, pluralism, and the politics of new technologies, 1948-1984...
Republic on the wire : cable television, pluralism, and the politics of new technologies, 1948-1984 / John McMurria.
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Publisher
New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2017]
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G 2017/777
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English
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Physical content
xii, 250 pages ; 24 cm
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text
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unmediated
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volume
Contents
Machine generated contents note: Acknowledgments -- Introduction: American pluralism, television policy, and the method of equality -- Broadcast policy, television spectrum, and the pluralist logics of inequality -- Contesting (in)equality at the margins of television reception -- Pay-TV orders -- L...
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Publisher
New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2017]
Place of Publication
New Jersey
Date Published
[2017]
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Summary
"The history of cable television in America is far older than networks like MTV, ESPN, and HBO, which are so familiar to us today. Tracing the origins of cable TV back to the late 1940s, media scholar John McMurria also locates the roots of many current debates about premium television, cultural elitism, minority programming, content restriction, a...
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Republic on the wire : cable television, pluralism, and the politics of new technologies, 1948-1984 / John McMurria.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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G 2017/777
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74VKV7NlNqOl
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKV7NlNqOl
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ISBN
9780813585307 hardcover
0813585309 hardcover
9780813585291 paperback
0813585295 paperback
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384.5550973
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991024067317802626
