Switching Channels
Organization and Change in TV Broadcasting
Published on 1. July 2009
372 pages
978-0-674-02929-3 (ISBN)
Description
Media critics invariably disparage the quality of programming produced by the U.S. television industry. But why the industry produces what it does is a question largely unasked. It is this question, at the crux of American popular culture, that Switching Channels explores.
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Digital original
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge, MA; London
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student
Edition type
Digital original
ISBN-13
978-0-674-02929-3 (9780674029293)
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09/2005
Harvard University Press
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Persons
Richard E. Caves is Nathaniel Ropes Research Professor of Political Economy at Harvard University.
Content
Contents Preface Introduction PART ONE TV PROGRAMS AS CREATIVE GOODS 1 The Market for Broadcast Network Programming 2 Syndication 3 The Public Broadcasting System PART TWO SWITCHING CHANNELS AND PROGRAM QUALITY 4 The Squeeze on Broadcasters' Rents 5 Cable Networks and Upgraded Cable Programming 6 Broadcast Networks, Stations, and Rents PART THREE BARGAINING TABLES AND MEDIA CONGLOMERATES 7 Program Supply, Integration, and the Fin-Syn Rules 8 Broadcast Stations: Lengthening the Chains 9 Cable Networks and Cable Operators:Ownership Links and Carriage Decisions Epilogue Appendix A: Determinants of Affiliates' Compensation Appendix B: Gains for Chains in Radio Notes Selected References Index
