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Toward a New Video Order: The 1980s

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Toward a New Video Order: The 1980s
Author(s) MacDonald, J. Fred
AbstractIn the early twentieth century, cultural leaders heralded the arrival of free television as public educator and entertainer, facilitator of an enlightened era. This paper argues that network television has failed to deliver on its early promise, promoting mass-oriented commercial entertainment at the expense of satisfying individual preferences. The growing popularity of cable television and video cassette recorders threatens the networks where they are weakest, offering more autonomy, more choice and diverse programming that appeal to wider range of tastes.
Pages221-287
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ArticleAccess to Article Summary Article
SourceOne Nation Under Television: The Rise and Decline of Network Television
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PubDate1990
ISBN_ISSN0394580184

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