1. Not so cool -- Nonpaternalism -- Entertainment -- Competition -- The future -- 2. Time and time again -- Watching -- Viewing -- Leisure -- Mass media -- What the public thinks -- 3. News as diversion -- The setting -- Rise of a medium -- Who watches -- Bias and balance -- Political influence -- 4. Entertainment as information -- Tales of two cities -- Programming -- Viewer psychology -- 5. Growing up -- Early and late -- Aggressiveness -- Commercials -- Socialization -- 6. Impact of television -- The unavoidable dichotomy -- Attention -- Family life -- Secondary influence -- Self-determination
Analysis
United States Society Effect of television programmes
United States Society Effect of television programmes - Sociological perspectives