Sig Mickelson

The Decade That Shaped Television News (eBook, PDF)

CBS in the 1950s

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Television news made meteoric progress in the 1950s. It rose from being a plaything for the rich to a major factor in informing the American public, and an aggressive rival to newspapers, radio, and news magazines. This volume is an insider's account of the arduous and frequently critical steps undertaken by inexperienced staffs in the development of television news, documentaries, and sports broadcasts. The author, the first president of CBS News, provides a treasure trove of facts and anecdotes about plotting in the corridors, the ascendancy of stars, and the retirement into oblivion of the less favored. This volume is an important contribution to the history of television journalism and will appeal both to journalism and broadcasting scholars and to those interested in the meteoric rise of television.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. August 1998
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780313367014
• Artikelnr.: 37833647

Autorenporträt

SIG MICKELSON is VanDeerlin Professor of Communications at San Diego State University, and former President of CBS News. Mr. Mickelson was also President of Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty, Inc.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: The Decade That Shaped Television News The Search for a Road
Map The First Awkward Steps A New Star on the Horizon Driving Television's
Golden Spike A New Species of Documentary: The Birth of "See It Now"
Breaking New Ground Blacklisting and the Exploitation of Fear Not So
Strange Bedfellows: Politics and Television Television News Comes of Age
The Great Airplane Race The Corporation Declares a Cease-Fire Aftermath of
the Cease-Fire Spare the Rod but Don't Spoil the Picture Combat in the
Corporate Stratosphere The Changing of the Guard Filling the "See It Now"
Void: The Birth of "CBS Reports" The Happy Couple: Pigskin and Image
Orthicon Tube Carrying the Olympic Torch to Television In Pursuit of the
Dollar The End of the Decade Bibliography Index