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Unsilent Revolution: Television News and American Public Life, 1948–1991
Robert J. Donovan
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Description for Unsilent Revolution: Television News and American Public Life, 1948–1991
Paperback. The story of the impact television news has had on politics, current events and the print media. Looking at major events over the past four decades, this work is an episodic history of the rise and ascendancy of television news. Series Editor(s): Hamilton, Lee H. Series: Woodrow Wilson Center Press. Num Pages: 372 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 550. Good copy
In four decades since its first broadcasts, television news has revolutionized public life and political policy making, transformed political careers, advanced civil rights, and radically changed newspapers and magazines. In Unsilent Revolution, veteran journalists Robert J. Donovan and Ray Scherer recount key episodes and analyze the areas of American public life most affected by television news. The authors' spirited accounts derive from research, analysis, professional experience, and previously unpublished accounts of people behind as well as in front of the camera. The stories they tell are among the most important of the past four decades: the civil rights struggle in ... Read more
In four decades since its first broadcasts, television news has revolutionized public life and political policy making, transformed political careers, advanced civil rights, and radically changed newspapers and magazines. In Unsilent Revolution, veteran journalists Robert J. Donovan and Ray Scherer recount key episodes and analyze the areas of American public life most affected by television news. The authors' spirited accounts derive from research, analysis, professional experience, and previously unpublished accounts of people behind as well as in front of the camera. The stories they tell are among the most important of the past four decades: the civil rights struggle in ... Read more
Product Details
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Cambridge University Press England
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Series
Woodrow Wilson Center Press
Number of Pages
372
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521428620
SKU
KEX0241201
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Reviews for Unsilent Revolution: Television News and American Public Life, 1948–1991
"They are at their best as they amble through four decades of the most memorable moments in television coverage, from Richard Nixon's 'Checkers' speech of 1952 to the old guard's attempted coup in the Soviet Union in 1991. As a compilation of images and episodes, this book is a feast. They do make some fascinating observations. These authors ... Read more