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Smoke and Mirrors

Violence, Television and Other American Cultures
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Instead of making a scapegoat of television as the cause of crime on the streets of the USA, stupidity in its schools, and spectacle rather than substance in its government, this challenge to conventional ideas about television sees inside the box an echo chamber and a feedback loop; a medium neither wholly innocent of, nor entirely responsible for, the disorder it brings to people's homes. Taking on a diverse range of topics from children's shows to cable, from the cheap thrills of action adventures to the solemn boredom of pledge drives, the author argues for a whole new way of thinking about television.
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January 30th, 1998
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  • General (US: Trade)
  • Professional & Vocational
Edition
New edition
Pages
304
Dimensions
156x234x23
ISBN-13
9781565844438
Product ID
5790177

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