Television Histories: Shaping Collective Memory in the Media

Television Histories: Shaping Collective Memory in the Media

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From Ken Burns's documentaries to historical dramas such as Roots, from A&E's Biography series to CNN's coverage of such events as the fall of the Berlin Wall, television has become the primary source for historical information for tens of millions of Americans today. Why has television become such a respected authority? What falsehoods enter our collective memory as truths? How is one to know what is real and what is imagined -- or ignored -- by producers, directors, or writers? Gary Edgerton and Peter Rollins have collected a group of essays that answer these and many other questions. The contributors examine the full spectrum of historical genres, as well as institutions such as the History Channel and production histories of such series as The Jack Benny Show, which ran for fifteen years... [Amazon.com]

ISBN

9780813121901

Publication Date

5-2001

Publisher

University Press of Kentucky

City

Lexington, KY

Disciplines

American Popular Culture | Television

Television Histories: Shaping Collective Memory in the Media

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