"Approaching "The Untouchables
Social Science and Moral Panics in Early Sixties Television
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8904986 |
|---|---|
| Authors | William Boddy (0000-0002-3967-5828, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1996 |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 70-70 |
| Publication date | 1996-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Cinema Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0009-7101 • E-ISSN: 1527-2087 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1225718 |
| OpenAlex | W2321428067 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 2 |
Historians of television face the challenge of working with an ill-defined and potentially limitless universe of ephemeral program texts, self-serving corporate and trade press documents, and elite critical commentary frequently marked by a willful superficiality and condescension. Moreover, beyond the formidable task of assembling an accurate descriptive account of television's changing modes of production and the shifting terms of economic and regulatory power, historians also need to address the wider cultural and intellectual landscape which has continuously produced new definitions of the role of television in U.S. society. Indeed, the longest-lasting historical implications of any specific television program, corporate strategy, or regulatory action may lie in the way each provoked, in complex and sometimes unintended ways, reconfigurations in these discursive constructions of television and the television audience
Advertising · Art · Business · Criminology · Humanities · Media studies · Moral panic · Sociology · American Political and Social Dynamics · Media Studies and Communication · Music History and Culture
| Citations per year | 0.11 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2007 - 2023 (17) |
| Highly cited | No |