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Rules of the game : quiz shows and American culture /
- Title
- Rules of the game : quiz shows and American culture / Olaf Hoerschelmann.
- Author
- Hoerschelmann, Olaf, 1965-
- Publication
- Albany : State University of New York Press, c2006.
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Details
- Description
- x, 208 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-200) and index.
- Contents
- What is a genre? Quiz shows/game shows -- A heart line to America: creating audience participation -- Big money: the scandal and quiz shows in the 1950's -- Dealing with change: the evolution of quiz shows in the 1960's -- Dating games: playing relationships in 1980s and 1990s television -- Interactive control: quiz shows and new media technologies -- Conclusion: the reality of quiz shows.
- ISBN
- 0791468097 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 0791468100 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2005024120
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library