24/7 Politics : : Cable Television and the Fragmenting of America from Watergate to Fox News / / / Kathryn Cramer Brownell.
How cable television upended American political life in the pursuit of profits and influenceAs television began to overtake the political landscape in the 1960s, network broadcast companies, bolstered by powerful lobbying interests, dominated screens across the nation. Yet with the expansion of new...
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Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : : Princeton University Press, , [2023] ©2023 |
Year of Publication: | 2023 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Politics and Society in Modern America ; ;
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (424 p.) :; 40 b/w illus. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: The Great Hidden Political Asset
- Act I. A Political Awakening
- Introduction
- 1. The Power of Broadcasting
- 2. A Business Rivalry Forms
- 3. Distinguishing Cable Television
- 4. Revenge Politics
- Act II. Coming of Age
- Introduction
- 5. The Watergate Hangover
- 6. Exploding the Cable Dial
- 7. Visions '79
- 8. Becoming a Household Name
- Act III. The Triumph of Cable America
- Introduction
- 9. A Political Tool
- 10. Regulatory Consequences
- 11. Winning at Any Cost
- 12. The MTV Presidency
- Conclusion: Democracy in Cable America
- Notes
- Index