Switching Channels: Organization and Change in TV BroadcastingHarvard University Press, 2009 M06 30 - 372 pages Media critics invariably disparage the quality of programming produced by the U.S. television industry. But why the industry produces what it does is a question largely unasked. It is this question, at the crux of American popular culture, that Switching Channels explores. |
Contents
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PART ONE TV PROGRAMS AS CREATIVE GOODS | 17 |
PART TWO SWITCHING CHANNELS AND PROGRAM QUALITY | 97 |
PART THREE BARGAINING TABLES AND MEDIA CONGLOMERATES | 181 |
Epilogue | 243 |
Determinants of Affiliates Compensation | 259 |
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