{"product_id":"equal-time-9780252079702","title":"Equal Time","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExplores the crucial role of network television in reconfiguring new attitudes in race relations during the civil rights movement. This book examines the high-profile and controversial television series of the era to feature African American actors - East Side\/West Side, Julia, and Good Times.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"Acute insight into the complex interaction between social change and television programming during the 1960s.\"--American Journalism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eEqual Time\u003c\/i\u003e goes beyond news coverage and explores the portrayal of black and white characters in television dramas and comedies. . . . A readable and enjoyable book.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Ottawa Citizen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Thoughtful, provocative, and well-researched. . . . This is an important book.\"--\u003ci\u003eJournalism History\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"A thoroughly researched analysis of the intersection between race, social change, and network television in the 1960s. Bodroghkozy shows in vivid detail how television served as a powerful tool of moral persuasion that played a key role in turning the tide toward the passage of historic civil rights legislation.\"--S. Craig Watkins, author of The Young and the Digital: What the Migration to Social Network Sites, Games, and Anytime, Anywhere Media Means for Our Future\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e \"Bodroghkozy's well-written, smart, and nuanced analysis makes us think about the relationship between the media and the Civil Rights Movement in fresh and interesting ways.\" --Susan J. Douglas, author of The Rise of Enlightened Sexism: How Pop Culture Took Us from Girl Power to Girls Gone Wild\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"A valuable addition to the maturing scholarship on connections between the African American freedom struggle and the media. A compelling and thoughtful book of equal interest to students of the media and the freedom struggle.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Journal of Southern History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Illinois Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400496062807,"sku":"9780252079702","price":19.94,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780252079702.jpg?v=1730470823","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/equal-time-9780252079702","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}