| Description |
xix, 332 pages ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Foreword / Bill Moyers -- 1. What Hath Mammon Wrought? The Illusions of Marketplace and Regulation -- 2. The Road Not Taken: The British Broadcasting Corporation -- 3. Eyeballs for Sale: The Best-Kept Secret in Television -- 4. The Scarcity of Abundance: More Networks, More Stations, More Cable, but Not More Programs -- 5. Where the Action Is: Television News -- 6. Kinderfeindlichkeit: The Plight of Children and Children's Television -- 7. World Television: The Privatization of the Global Village -- 8. The Underfunded Afterthought: Public Television -- 9. The Road Ahead |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-311) and index |
| Subject |
Television broadcasting -- Economic aspects -- United States.
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Television broadcasting -- Social aspects -- United States.
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| Author |
Dessart, George.
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| LC no. |
97031128 |
| ISBN |
0465007228 |
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0465007236 (paper) |
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