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ONLY CONNECT is a comprehensive history of American broadcasting from its earliest days in radio, through the rise of television, to the current era of digital media and the Internet. It presents broadcasting as a vital component of American cultural identity, placing the development of U.S. radio, television, and new media in the context of social and cultural change. Each chapter opens with a discussion of the historical period, thoroughly traces the development of media policy, the growth of media industries, and the history of U.S. broadcast programming, and closes with a look at the major ways that radio and television have been understood and discussed throughout American history.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title
- Statement
- Copyright
- Contents
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- Ch 1: Making History
- Ch 2: Before Broadcasting
- Ch 3: Broadcasting Begins, 1919 to 1926
- Ch 4: The Network Age, 1926 to 1940
- Ch 5: Radio for Everyone, 1926 to 1940
- Ch 6: War at Home and Abroad, 1940 to 1945
- Ch 7: At Last Television, 1945 to 1955
- Ch 8: The Domesticated Medium, 1955 to 1965
- Ch 9: The Classic Network System, 1965 to 1975
- Ch 10: Rising Discontent, 1975 to 1985
- Ch 11: The Big Change, 1985 to 1995
- Ch 12: Entering the Digital Era, 1995–2005
- Ch 13: Baby, It’s You: Web 2.0, 2005–Present
- Ch 14: Conclusion: TV After TV
- Bibliography
- Index