ONLY CONNECT, International Edition is a comprehensive history of American broadcasting from its earliest days in radio, through the rise of television, to the current era of digital media and the Internet. It presents broadcasting as a vital component of American cultural identity, placing the development of U.S. radio, television, and new media in the context of social and cultural change. Each chapter opens with a discussion of the historical period, thoroughly traces the development of media policy, the growth of media industries, and the history of U.S. broadcast programming, and closes with a look at the major ways that radio and television have been understood and discussed throughout American history.
ISBN: | 9781424069293 |
Publisher: | Cengage Learning |
Imprint: | Wadsworth |
Published date: | 14 Mar 2010 |
DEWEY: | 302.2309 |
DEWEY edition: | 22 |
Language: | English |
Number of pages: | 496 |
Weight: | 750g |
Height: | 231mm |
Width: | 188mm |
Spine width: | 20mm |