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The Citizen Machine

by Anna McCarthy

A compelling political history of television's formative years

FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New

Publisher Description

At the dawn of television in the early 1950s, a broad range of powerful groups and individuals-from prominent liberal intellectuals to massive corporations-saw in TV a unique capacity to influence the American masses, shaping (in the words of the American philosopher Mortimer Adler) "the ideas that should be in every citizen's mind."


Formed in the shadow of the Cold War-amid the stirrings of the early civil rights movement-the potential of television as a form of unofficial government inspired corporate executives, foundation officers, and other influential leaders to approach TV sponsorship as a powerful new avenue for shaping the course of American democracy. In this compelling political history of television's formative years, media historian Anna McCarthy goes behind the scenes to bring back into view an entire era of civic-minded programming and the ideas about democratic agency from which it sprang.


Based on pathbreaking archival work, The Citizen Machine poses entirely new questions about the political significance of television. At a time when TV broadcasting is in a state of crisis, and new media reform movements have entered political culture, here is an original and thought-provoking history of the assumptions that have profoundly shaped not only television but our understanding of American citizenship itself.

Notes

A compelling political history of television's formative years

Author Biography

Anna McCarthy is Assistant Professor of Cinema Studies at the Tisch School of the Arts, New York University.

Review

"McCarthy has written about an aspect of the 'golden age of television' seldom detailed in histories of early television. This is the story of how some of the largest American commercial corporations of the 1950s used the new medium of television not with the sole intent of advertising their products but to effect social reform on television viewers in order to create 'good citizens.' Highly recommended." Choice "In this engaging and original study, Anna McCarthy examines the high civic hopes once held for U.S. commercial television by the liberal social, political, and business elites who made up the 'governing classes.'" Journal of American History

Long Description

At the dawn of television in the early 1950s, a broad range of powerful groups and individuals-from prominent liberal intellectuals to massive corporations-saw in TV a unique capacity to influence the American masses, shaping (in the words of the American philosopher Mortimer Adler) "the ideas that should be in every citizen's mind." Formed in the shadow of the Cold War-amid the stirrings of the early civil rights movement-the potential of television as a form of unofficial government inspired corporate executives, foundation officers, and other influential leaders to approach TV sponsorship as a powerful new avenue for shaping the course of American democracy. In this compelling political history of television's formative years, media historian Anna McCarthy goes behind the scenes to bring back into view an entire era of civic-minded programming and the ideas about democratic agency from which it sprang. Based on pathbreaking archival work, The Citizen Machine poses entirely new questions about the political significance of television. At a time when TV broadcasting is in a state of crisis, and new media reform movements have entered political culture, here is an original and thought-provoking history of the assumptions that have profoundly shaped not only television but our understanding of American citizenship itself.

Review Quote

"McCarthy has written about an aspect of the 'golden age of television' seldom detailed in histories of early television. This is the story of how some of the largest American commercial corporations of the 1950s used the new medium of television not with the sole intent of advertising their products but to effect social reform on television viewers in order to create 'good citizens.' Highly recommended." Choice" In this engaging and original study, Anna McCarthy examines the high civic hopes once held for U.S. commercial television by the liberal social, political, and business elites who made up the 'governing classes.'" Journal of American History

Details ISBN1479881341 Author Anna McCarthy Pages 352 Language English Year 2013 ISBN-10 1479881341 ISBN-13 9781479881345 Format Paperback Short Title CITIZEN MACHINE Media Book DEWEY 302.234 Birth 1967 Publisher NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS Imprint New York University Press Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States Illustrations Yes Subtitle Governing By Television in 1950s America UK Release Date 2013-03-31 AU Release Date 2013-03-31 NZ Release Date 2013-03-31 US Release Date 2013-03-31 Publication Date 2013-03-30

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  • Condition: Neu
  • ISBN-13: 9781479881345
  • Book Title: The Citizen Machine
  • ISBN: 9781479881345
  • EAN: 9781479881345
  • Publication Year: 2013
  • Type: Textbook
  • Format: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Publication Name: The Citizen Machine: Governing by Television in 1950s America
  • Item Height: 229mm
  • Author: Anna Mccarthy
  • Publisher: New York University Press
  • Item Width: 152mm
  • Subject: Government, History
  • Item Weight: 454g
  • Number of Pages: 349 Pages

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