Television in Society
Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Campaign Commercials -- Chapter 2. 1984-The Commercial -- Chapter 3. Television Ceremonial Events -- Chapter 4. Huxley on Television -- Chapter 5. Real Police on Television Supercops -- Chapter 6. Cultural Bias in "M*A*S*H" -- Chapter 7. The Politics of "Lou Grant" -- Chapter 8. Sagan's Metaphysical Parable -- Chapter 9. Decoding "Dallas": Comparing American and German Viewers -- Chapter 10. Violence and Aggression -- Chapter 11. Researching Television Violence -- Chapter 12. Defending the Indefensible -- Chapter 13. Smoking Out the Critics -- Chapter 14. Proliferating Violence -- Chapter 15. Networks Hold the Line -- Chapter 16. Assessing Academic Achievement -- Chapter 17. Facts, Fantasies and Schools -- Chapter 18. Reading Performance -- Chapter 19. Dubious Facts and Real Schools -- Chapter 20. Mass Media Values -- Chapter 21. Television, Mass Communication and Elite Controls -- Chapter 22. Fantasy and Culture on Television -- Chapter 23. Direct-Broadcast Satellites and Cultural Integrity -- Chapter 24. Free Press for a Free People -- Chapter 25. Screening Nuclear War and Vietnam -- Coming to Terms with Television: An Annotated Bibliography -- About the Contributors