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Television myth and the American mind

Author: Hal Himmelstein
Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 1994.
Edition/Format:   Book : English : 2nd edView all editions and formats
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Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Himmelstein, Hal.
Television myth and the American mind.
Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 1994
(OCoLC)621373971
Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Hal Himmelstein
ISBN: 0275931560 9780275931568 0275931579 9780275931575
OCLC Number: 29466118
Description: xv, 411 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Television myth and the American mind --
The biz: Caution! Mythmakers at work --
Advertising: the medium is the mirage --
TV comedy and contemporary life: Mayfield, Mayberry, Minneapolis, and Manhattan --
Television's social comedies --
Television melodrama --
Television news and the television documentary --
Live TV: sport and the TV event --
TV religion and the TV game show: the great American dream in the late twentieth century --
The TV talk show: commodifying the individual psyche --
Toward an oppositional television.
Responsibility: Hal Himmelstein.

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