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Down the tube : an inside account of the failure of American television
- Title
- Down the tube : an inside account of the failure of American television / William F. Baker and George Dessart.
- Author
- Baker, William F., 1942-
- Publication
- New York : Basic Books, [1998], ©1998.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | PN1992.6 .B32 1998 | Off-site |
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- Additional Authors
- Dessart, George.
- Description
- xix, 332 pages; 25 cm
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-311) and index.
- Contents
- Foreword / Bill Moyers -- 1. What Hath Mammon Wrought? The Illusions of Marketplace and Regulation -- 2. The Road Not Taken: The British Broadcasting Corporation -- 3. Eyeballs for Sale: The Best-Kept Secret in Television -- 4. The Scarcity of Abundance: More Networks, More Stations, More Cable, but Not More Programs -- 5. Where the Action Is: Television News -- 6. Kinderfeindlichkeit: The Plight of Children and Children's Television -- 7. World Television: The Privatization of the Global Village -- 8. The Underfunded Afterthought: Public Television -- 9. The Road Ahead.
- ISBN
- 0465007228
- LCCN
- 97031128
- OCLC
- ocm37533907
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries