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Television in the age of radio : modernity, imagination, and the making of a medium / Philip W. Sewell

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Sewell, Philip W., 1970-
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New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, 2013.
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Contents
Introduction: the substance of things hoped for -- Questions of definition -- Engendering expertise and enthusiasm -- Programming the system for quality -- Seeing around corners -- Conclusions: why not quantity television?
Summary
Television in the Age of Radio is a unique account of how television came to be, not just from technical innovations or institutional struggles, but from cultural concerns that were central to the rise of industrial modernity. A major revision of the history of television, it provides investigations of the values of early television amateurs and enthusiasts, the passions and worries about competing technologies, and the ambitions for programming that together helped mold the medium.
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ISBN
9781461954590 (electronic bk.)
1461954592 (electronic bk.)
9780813562711 (electronic bk.)
0813562716 (electronic bk.)
9781306196758
1306196752
9780813562704
0813562708
9780813562698
0813562694
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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