Research Catalog

Title

Rules of the game : quiz shows and American culture / Olaf Hoerschelmann.

Author

Hoerschelmann, Olaf, 1965-

Publication

Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2006.

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Details

Description

x, 208 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

• "From The $64,000 Question and Twenty-One to Jeopardy and Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, quiz shows have permeated American culture ever since their beginnings in early radio. In Rules of the Game, Olaf Hoerschelmann critically examines the quiz show genre in American culture, drawing on a large body of radio and television programs and on archival materials relating to the broadcast industry, program sponsors, advertising agencies, and individual producers. Hoerschelmann relates quiz shows to the larger social and industrial structures from which they originate and examines the connection of quiz shows to the production of knowledge in American society.
• He also provides a rethinking of media genre theory, offering a detailed analysis of the text-audience relationships on quiz shows and their significance for the practice of broadcasting."--Jacket.

Subject

• Television quiz shows > United States
• Television quiz shows
• Fernsehsendung
• Quiz
• United States
• USA

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
• 9780791468098
• 0791468100
• 9780791468104

LCCN

• 2005024120
• 9780791468098
• 9780791468104

OCLC

• ocm61309364
• 61309364
• SCSB-1397027

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library