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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

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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    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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