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A history of public broadcasting, the book questions public television's common-sense priorities and argues that its tendency to reject popular culture has undermined its capacity to serve the people it claims to represent.

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An academic, thoroughly researched cultural studies analysis of PBS. -- Lawrence K. Grossman Columbia Journalism Review Thought-provoking. Booklist Intriguing. Library Journal

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Introduction: The Cultural Contradictions of Public Television Oasis of the Vast Wasteland The Quest to Cultivate TV Viewing as Good Citizenship Something for Everyone Radicalizing Middle America Epilogue: Public Television, Popularity, and Cultural Justice

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      Publisher: Columbia University Press
      Publication Date: 17/09/2002
      ISBN13: 9780231119429, 978-0231119429
      ISBN10: 0231119429
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A history of public broadcasting, the book questions public television's common-sense priorities and argues that its tendency to reject popular culture has undermined its capacity to serve the people it claims to represent.

      Trade Review
      An academic, thoroughly researched cultural studies analysis of PBS. -- Lawrence K. Grossman Columbia Journalism Review Thought-provoking. Booklist Intriguing. Library Journal

      Table of Contents
      Introduction: The Cultural Contradictions of Public Television Oasis of the Vast Wasteland The Quest to Cultivate TV Viewing as Good Citizenship Something for Everyone Radicalizing Middle America Epilogue: Public Television, Popularity, and Cultural Justice

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