Sewell, Philip W.,  1970- <br/><br/>
Television in the age of radio :  modernity, imagination, and the making of a medium / 
Philip W. Sewell. 
 - New Brunswick, New Jersey :  Rutgers University Press,  (c)2013. 
 - 1 online resource. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction: the substance of things hoped for --  Questions of definition --  Engendering expertise and enthusiasm --  Programming the system for quality --  Seeing around corners --  Conclusions: why not quantity television? 
<br/><br/> Television in the Age of Radio is a unique account of how television came to be, not just from technical innovations or institutional struggles, but from cultural concerns that were central to the rise of industrial modernity. A major revision of the history of television, it provides investigations of the values of early television amateurs and enthusiasts, the passions and worries about competing technologies, and the ambitions for programming that together helped mold the medium. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781461954590 9780813562711 9781306196758 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Television broadcasting--Social aspects--United States.<br/>Television broadcasting--History--United States--20th century.<br/>Television broadcasting--Social aspects--United States.<br/>Television broadcasting--History--United States--19th century.<br/>Television broadcasting--History--United States--20th century.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PN1992  / .T454 2013