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James Roman (Author)

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August 20, 1998 027596437X 978-0275964375

Love, Light, and a Dream is a timely and provocative look at the medium of television as one of the cultural vehicles carrying us toward the 21st century. It provides an up-to-the-minute review of developments and trends shaping the policy and regulatory issues that exert the strongest influence on the evolution of information technology.

Topics covered in this study include the Federal Communications Commission and its role as a regulatory body, the relationship between cable services and telephone systems as information providers, television advertising campaigns and the structure of the agency business, public television and its struggle for financial independence, and the culture of television news and the creation of a journalistic mythology.


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?This is a detailed review of the regulations, developments, mergers, lobbying, advertising, programming, and technology that have brought American television to its present state....The book could provide a useful compendium for students being introduced to the history of TV in America...?-Choice

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A timely and provocative look at the medium of television which provides the reader with a compelling investigation of the developments and trends that will shape the evolution of information technology into the next century.


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Of all the developments that have helped to shape the communications industry in the United States over the past two decades, none has had a greater impact than the dizzying pace of aggressive corporate mergers and acquisitions. Read the first page
Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
programming marketplace, shopping stations, retransmission consent, programming genres, news magazine programs, affiliated stations, celebrity endorsers, programming schedule, television households, cable operators
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New York, Time Warner, United States, Supreme Court, Super Bowl, Los Angeles, Bell Atlantic, Capital Cities, Star Trek, First Amendment, Telecommunications Act, Persian Gulf, Walter Goodman, Dan Rather, General Motors, Murphy Brown, Prime Time Live, Cablevision Systems Corporation, Carnegie Commission, Don Hewitt, Fox Broadcasting, Fox Television, Liberty Media, Nielsen Media Research, Public Broadcasting Act
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