The republic of mass culture :

Baughman, James L., 1952-

The republic of mass culture : journalism, filmmaking, and broadcasting in America since 1941 / James L. Baughman. - Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c1992. - xvii, 257 p. ; 24 cm. - The American moment .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. The Voluntary Propagandists -- 2. Americans and Their Mass Media in 1945 -- 3. Test Patterns: Television Comes to America, 1945-1955 -- 4. The War for Attention: Responding to Television, 1947-1958 -- 5. Evenings of Avoidance: Television in the 1960s -- 6. Competing for the Marginal: Television's Rivals, 1958-1970 -- 7. Network Television Triumphant, 1970-1981 -- 8. The Babel Builders: Television's Rivals, 1970-1990 -- 9. The Shrinking Mass: Television and Mass Culture in the 1980s.

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Mass media--History.--United States

Mass media United States

P92.U5 / B345 1992