Books.org participates in affiliate programs including Bookshop.org and the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program. We may earn a commission from qualifying purchases made through links on this page, at no additional cost to you.
Overview
"This book fills a need. It will be used by scholars and revered by undergraduates doing papers. It is a highly desirable acquisition for libraries of all types." Choice "[an] essential purchase for universityand most college libraries as well as large public libraries." Reference Books BulletinSynopsis
"This book fills a need. It will be used by scholars and revered by undergraduates doing papers. It is a highly desirable acquisition for libraries of all types." Choice "[an] essential purchase for universityand most college libraries as well as large public libraries." Reference Books Bulletin
Library Journal
This collection of essays by media studies and speech communications professors offers an interesting and detailed analysis of the history and the present-day issues of 19 separate TV formats, from police shows to news to the TV church to commercials. The contributors explore how reality-based and entertainment formats have influenced each other over the last 40 years. They include bibliographies of printed works and ``videographies'' of TV tapes for a general reader or a TV expert who seeks even more detail. This book may provide the base level for future historical work on TV formats. Recommended strongly for university libraries and other large media collections. Abraham Z. Bass, Journalism Dept., Northern Illinois Univ., DeKalb