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_bHIM/T
100 1 _aHimmelstein, Hal
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245 1 0 _aTelevision myth and the American mind/
_cHal Himmelstein.
250 _a2nd ed.
260 _aWestport, Conn. :
_bPraeger,
_c1994.
300 _axv, 411 p. ;
_c24 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical (p. [391]-394) references and index.
505 _aTelevision 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: commodification and the individual -- Toward an oppositional television: strategies for change.
650 0 _aTelevision programs
_zUnited States.
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650 0 _aTelevision advertising
_zUnited States.
_916019
650 0 _aTelevision broadcasting
_zUnited States.
_916020
942 _cWB16
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