Switching Channels : : Organization and Change in TV Broadcasting / / Richard E CAVES, Karen Guo.

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• VerfasserIn: CAVES, Richard E,; Guo, Karen,
• TeilnehmendeR: Guo, Karen,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2009]; ©2005
• Năm xuất bản: 2009
• Ngôn ngữ: English
• Mô tả vật lý: 1 online resource
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface --; Introduction --; PART ONE Tv Programs As Creative Goods --; 1. The Market for Broadcast Network Programming --; 2. Syndication --; 3. The Public Broadcasting System --; PART TWO. Switching Channels and Program Quality --; 4. The Squeeze on Broadcasters' Rents --; 5. Cable Networks and Upgraded Cable Programming --; 6. Broadcast Networks, Stations, and Rents --; PART THREE. Bargaining Tables and Media Conglomerates --; 7. Program Supply, Integration, And The Fin-Syn Rules --; 8. Broadcast Stations: Lengthening the Chains --; 9. Cable Networks and Cable Operators: Ownership Links and Carriage Decisions --; Epilogue --; Appendixes. Notes. Selected References. Index --; Appendix A: Determinants of Affiliates' Compensation --; Appendix B: Gains for Chains in Radio --; Notes --; Selected References --; Index
• Tóm tắt: Media critics invariably disparage the quality of programming produced by the U.S. television industry. But why the industry produces what it does is a question largely unasked. It is this question, at the crux of American popular culture, that Switching Channels explores.
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• số ISBN: 9780674029293; 9783110442205; 9783110459517; 9783110662566
• DOI: 10.4159/9780674029293
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• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Richard E CAVES, Karen Guo.

Media critics invariably disparage the quality of programming produced by the U.S. television industry. But why the industry produces what it does is a question largely unasked. It is this question, at the crux of American popular culture, that Switching Channels explores.