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Contested ground : The tunnel and the struggle over television news in Cold War America
- Title
- Contested ground : The tunnel and the struggle over television news in Cold War America / Mike Conway.
- Author
- Conway, Mike, 1961-
- Publication
- Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2019]
- ©2019
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Details
- Description
- x, 268 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.
- Summary
- "In 1962, an innovative documentary on a Berlin Wall tunnel escape brought condemnation from both sides of the Iron Curtain during one of the most volatile periods of the Cold War. The Tunnel, produced by NBC's Reuven Frank, clocked in at ninety minutes and prompted a range of strong reactions. While the television industry ultimately awarded the program three Emmys, the U.S. Department of State pressured NBC to cancel the program, and print journalists criticized the network for what they considered to be a blatant disregard of journalistic ethics. It was not just The Tunnel's subject matter that sparked controversy, but the medium itself. The surprisingly fast ascendance of television news as the country's top choice for information threatened the self-defined supremacy of print journalism and the de facto cooperation of government officials and reporters on Cold War issues. In Contested Ground, Mike Conway argues that the production and reception of television news and documentaries during this period reveals a major upheaval in American news communications"--
- Series Statement
- Culture and politics in the Cold War and beyond
- Uniform Title
- Culture and politics in the Cold War and beyond.
- Subject
- National Broadcasting Company > History > 20th century
- National Broadcasting Company
- Berlin Wall (Germany : 1961-1989)
- Tunnel (Television program)
- 1900-1999
- Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989
- Escapes > Germany > Berlin > History > 20th century
- Escapes > Germany (East) > History
- Documentary television programs > United States > History > 20th century
- Television broadcasting of news > Political aspects > United States
- Documentary television programs
- Escapes
- Television broadcasting of news > Political aspects
- Germany
- Germany > Berlin
- Germany (East)
- United States
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Captured on Film: A Daring Escape from a Divided Berlin -- Parallel Paths: Television, the Cold War, and Reuven Frank -- The Transmission of Experience -- Journalist vs. Filmmaker: The Tunnel and the Elusive Definition of Documentary Films -- Adventurous Laymen: Print vs. Broadcast in Journalism Boundary Work -- "The Necessary Restraints of National Security" -- Epilogue.
- Call Number
- JFE 20-315
- ISBN
- 9781625344502
- 1625344503
- 9781625344519
- 1625344511
- LCCN
- 2019019886
- OCLC
- 1101027504
- Author
- Conway, Mike, 1961- author.
- Title
- Contested ground : The tunnel and the struggle over television news in Cold War America / Mike Conway.
- Publisher
- Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2019]
- Copyright Date
- ©2019
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Culture and politics in the Cold War and beyondCulture and politics in the Cold War and beyond.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1900-1999
- Research Call Number
- JFE 20-315