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049 _aMAIN
100 1 _aConway, Mike,
_d1961-
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245 1 0 _aContested ground :
_bThe Tunnel and the struggle over television news in Cold War America /
_cMike Conway.
260 _aAmherst :
_bUniversity of Massachusetts Press,
_c(c)2019.
300 _a1 online resource (x, 268 pages).
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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490 0 _aCulture and politics in the Cold War and beyond
520 0 _a"In 1962, an innovative documentary on a Berlin Wall tunnel escape brought condemnation from both sides of the Iron Curtain during one of the most volatile periods of the Cold War. The Tunnel, produced by NBC's Reuven Frank, clocked in at ninety minutes and prompted a range of strong reactions. While the television industry ultimately awarded the program three Emmys, the U.S. Department of State pressured NBC to cancel the program, and print journalists criticized the network for what they considered to be a blatant disregard of journalistic ethics. It was not just The Tunnel's subject matter that sparked controversy, but the medium itself. The surprisingly fast ascendance of television news as the country's top choice for information threatened the self-defined supremacy of print journalism and the de facto cooperation of government officials and reporters on Cold War issues. In Contested Ground, Mike Conway argues that the production and reception of television news and documentaries during this period reveals a major upheaval in American news communications"--
_cProvided by publisher.
504 _a2
505 0 0 _aCaptured on Film: A Daring Escape from a Divided Berlin --
_tParallel Paths: Television, the Cold War, and Reuven Frank --
_tThe Transmission of Experience --
_tJournalist vs. Filmmaker: The Tunnel and the Elusive Definition of Documentary Films --
_tAdventurous Laymen: Print vs. Broadcast in Journalism Boundary Work --
_t"The Necessary Restraints of National Security" --
_tEpilogue.
530 _a2
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630 0 0 _aTunnel (Television program)
610 2 0 _aNational Broadcasting Company
_xHistory
_y20th century.
650 0 _aBerlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989.
650 0 _aEscapes
_zGermany
_zBerlin
_xHistory
_y20th century.
650 0 _aEscapes
_zGermany (East)
_xHistory.
650 0 _aDocumentary television programs
_zUnited States
_xHistory
_y20th century.
650 0 _aTelevision broadcasting of news
_xPolitical aspects
_zUnited States.
655 1 _aElectronic Books.
856 4 0 _uhttps://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=2260228&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518
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_bCynthia Snell
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_dCynthia Snell