Watching America: What Television Tells Us about Our Lives

by Linda S. Lichter, Stanley Rothman, S. Robert Lichter

Book Overview

Based on a study of every sitcom that has aired since the 1950s, this panoramic view of the complex interaction between American society and television, is a fascinating chronicle of the changes occurring in the medium with regard to sexual relationships, crime and violence, business, politics, religion, and more. ...(it) tells us a great deal about what the producers of television would have the American people believe...--Aaron Wildavsky, University...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0130268240
• ISBN13: 9780130268242
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Length: 322 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.5"