| Smoke and Mirrors: Violence, Television, and Other American Cultures Contributor(s): Leonard, John (Author) |
|
 |
ISBN: 1565844432 ISBN-13: 9781565844438 Publisher: New Press OUR PRICE: $11.70 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 1998 Annotation: Media critic John Leonard offers a provocative challenge to conventional ideas about TV. Taking on a diverse range of topics from kid shows to cable, from the cheap thrills of action adventures to the solemn boredom of pledge drives, Leonard argues for a whole new way of thinking about television. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Television - History & Criticism |
| Dewey: 302.234 |
| LCCN: 96029421 |
| Physical Information: 0.92" H x 5.28" W x 7.99" (0.79 lbs) 290 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Instead of making a scapegoat of television as the cause of crime on the streets of the USA, stupidity in its schools, and spectacle rather than substance in its government, this challenge to conventional ideas about television sees inside the box an echo chamber and a feedback loop; a medium neither wholly innocent of, nor entirely responsible for, the disorder it brings to people's homes. |