The Box (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Jeff Kisseloff
- First Published: 1995
- Type of Work: Cultural history
- Time of Work: 1920-1961
- Setting: The United States, primarily New York and California
- Principal Characters: David Sarnoff, William S. Paley, Dave Garroway, Ed Sullivan, Milton Berle, Red Barber, Don Hewitt, Edward R. Murrow, Joseph R. McCarthy, John F. Kennedy
- Genres: Nonfiction, History
- Subjects: United States or Americans, Communication, Popular culture, Mass media, Television or television broadcasting, Radio or radio broadcasting, Sports, Reporting or reporters
- Locales: California, United States, New York
For a medium that has transformed the world, television had unlikely, even uncertain beginnings. There is still dispute as to when, where, and what constituted the first public broadcast: Was it a toy statue of the comic-strip character Felix the Cat or a crude drawing of a dollar sign? (Either one could be seen as appropriate and would serve as an apt, even symbolic representation of the new technology and its impact.) From the first, the producers as well as the consumers were baffled: Was television a vehicle for news or entertainment? Was it radio with pictures, a newsreel in the...
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