Author: George W. WooleryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Children's Television, the First Thirty-five Years, 1946-1981: Live, film, and tape series
Author: George W. WooleryPublisher: Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press
ISBN:
Category : Animated television programs
Languages : en
Pages : 830
Book Description
More than 600 live-action series from the first 35 years of American television are alphabetically listed in this encyclopedic work.
Children's Television
Author: George W. WooleryChildren's Television
Author: George W. WooleryPublisher:
ISBN: 9780810815575
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
Children's Television
Author: George W. WooleryChildren's Television, Part II
Author: George W. WooleryPublisher:
ISBN: 9780810816510
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 788
Book Description
Children's Television
Author: George W. WooleryChildren's Television, the First Thirty-five Years, 1946-1981: Animated cartoon series
Author: George W. WooleryPublisher: Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press
ISBN:
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
More than 600 live-action series from the first 35 years of American television are alphabetically listed in this encyclopedic work.
"Sesame Street" and the Reform of Children's Television
Author: Robert W. MorrowPublisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 1421407108
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
“[An] accessible, well-researched introduction to the people and principles behind the show’s creation . . . Essential.” —Choice (An Outstanding Academic Title of the Year) By the late 1960s more than a few critics of American culture groused about the condition of television programming and, in particular, the quality and content of television shows for children. In the eyes of the reform-minded, commercial television crassly exploited young viewers; its violence and tastelessness served no higher purpose than the bottom line. The Children’s Television Workshop (CTW)—and its fresh approach to writing and producing programs for kids—emerged from this growing concern. Sesame Street—CTW’s flagship hour-long show—aimed to demonstrate how television could help all preschoolers, including low-income urban children, prepare for first grade. In this engaging study Robert W. Morrow explores the origins and inner workings of CTW, how the workshop in New York scripted and designed Sesame Street, and how the show became both a model for network television and a thorn in its side. Through extensive archival research and a systematic study of sample programs from Sesame Street’s first ten seasons, Morrow tells the story of Sesame Street’s creation; the ideas, techniques, organization, and funding behind it; its place in public discourse; and its ultimate and unfortunate failure as an agent of commercial television reform. “An insightful look at American children's television.” —Library Journal
To Boldly Go
Author: Djoymi BakerPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1838609741
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
Today's media, cinema and TV screens are host to new manifestations of myth, their modes of storytelling radically transformed from those of ancient Greece. They present us with narratives of contemporary customs and belief systems: our modern-day myths. This book argues that the tools of transmedia merchandising and promotional material shape viewers' experiences of the hit television series Star Trek, to reinforce the mythology of the gargantuan franchise. Media marketing utilises the show's method of recycling the narratives of classical heritage, yet it also looks forward to the future. In this way, it reminds consumers of the Star Trek story's ongoing centrality within popular culture, whether in the form of the original 1960s series, the later additions such as Voyager and Discovery or J. J. Abrams' `reboot' films. Chapters examine how oral and literary traditions have influenced the series structure and its commercial image, how the cosmological role of humanity and the Earth are explored in title sequences across various Star Trek media platforms, and the multi-faceted way in which Internet, video game and event spin-offs create rituals to consolidate the space opera's fan base. Fusing key theory from film, TV, media and folklore studies, as well as anthropology and other specialisms, To Boldly Go is an authoritative guide to the function of myth across the whole Star Trek enterprise.
American Popular Culture
Author: Frank W. HoffmannPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Organized by types of information sources, the book selectively covers guides to the literature of popular culture, including general and subject encyclopedias; subject dictionaries; handbooks and manuals; biographical compilations; directories, indexes, and abstracts; bibliographies, discographies, and videographies; and supplemental sources (e.g., periodicals, research centers, associations). Each section is arranged by subject: general; popular arts (e.g., music, fine arts); mass media (e.g., radio, computers); folkways/oral tradition; and fads, events, trends, and other social phenomena. Selective rather than comprehensive, the book offers entries with descriptive and sometimes evaluative annotations. Essential as a research tool in academic and public libraries, this guide will also be useful in collection development.