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050	1	4	_aPN 1992.3 _bT482t 2016
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100	1		_aThomson, David, _d1941-
245	1	0	_aTelevision : _ba biography / _cDavid Thomson.
260			_aNew York, N.Y. : _bThames & Hudson, _c2016.
300			_a412 p. : _bill. (some color) ; _c26 cm
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 389-398) and index.
520	8		_aIn just a few years, what used to be an immobile piece of living room furniture, which one had to sit in front of at appointed times in order to watch sponsored programming on a finite number of channels, morphed into a glowing cloud of screens with access to a near-endless supply of content available when and how viewers want it. With this phenomenon now a common cultural theme, a writer of David Thomson's stature delivering a critical history, or biography of the six-decade television era, will be a significant event which could not be more timely. Over twenty-two thematically organized chapters, Thomson brings provocatively insightful and unique to the life of what was television.
505	0		_aIntroduction: The elephant in the room? -- Part one: The medium. Buy the numbers ; Where are you going, fugitive? ; Norma's sessions ; Oh, Donna! ; Gently "on" : a new age of television people ; The sit and the situation ; Commercials ; Wasteland ; Is that an oasis? -- Part two: The messages. A play, for today? ; Talking heads ; Policeman, save my life ; The news, or Isn't there anyone? ; Women, wives, and wonderers ; The loneliness of the role model ; Mr. President ; Live? ; Documentary? ; Long form ; Laugh on/laugh off ; Eternally on.
650		0	_aTelevision _zUnited States _xHistory.
650		0	_aTelevision programs _zUnited States _xHistory.
650		0	_aTelevision _xSocial aspects _zUnited States.
650		0	_aTelevision programs _xSocial aspects.
650		4	_aTelevisión _xHistoria _zEstados Unidos
650		4	_aTelevisión _xAspectos sociales _zEstados Unidos
650		4	_aProgramas de televisión _zEstados Unidos.
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963			_aSarah Thegeby; phone: (212) 3543763; email: sthegeby@thames.wwnorton.com; bc: sthegeby@thames.wwnorton.com
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