Television Histories: Shaping Collective Memory in the Media Age

Book Overview

Winner of the 2001 Ray and Pat Browne National Book Award for Outstanding Textbook, given by the Popular Culture Association From Ken Burns's documentaries to historical dramas such as Roots, from A&E's Biography series to CNN, 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 imagin

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813190568
• ISBN13: 9780813190563
• Release Date: May 2003
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 8.8"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher