James R Walker, Robert V Bellamy

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A History of Baseball on Television

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Produktbeschreibung

James R. Walker is professor of communication and chair of the Department of Communications at Saint Xavier University. Robert V. Bellamy Jr. is an associate professor in the Department of Journalism and Multimedia Arts at Duquesne University.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Univ of Nebraska Press
• Seitenzahl: 402
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 224mm x 153mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 549g
• ISBN-13: 9780803248250
• ISBN-10: 0803248253
• Artikelnr.: 23361442

Autorenporträt

James R. Walker is professor of communication and chair of the Department of Communications at Saint Xavier University. Robert V. Bellamy Jr. is an associate professor in the Department of Journalism and Multimedia Arts at Duquesne University.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments  
Introduction: The Game in the Box  
Part I: The Local Game
1. The Experimental Years    
2. The First Seasons of Televised Baseball     
3. Team Approaches to Television in the Broadcast Era
Part II: The National Game
4. Televising the World Series     
5. Origins of the Game of the Week 
6. The National Television Package, 1966-89    
7. National Broadcasts in the Cable Era  
8. The Pay Television Era    
Part III: Television and Baseball's Dysfunctional Marriage
9. Television As Threat, Television As Savior  
10. Television and the "Death" of the Golden Age Minors    
11. Baseball, Television, Congress, and the Law
12. Baseball and Television Synergy
Part IV: How the Game Was Covered
13. The Announcer in the Television Age  
14. Innovations in Production Practices  
Epilogue: Baseball in the Advanced Media Age   
Appendix A: Televised Baseball Games, 1949-81  
Notes
Index