TV, Technology, and McCarthyism: Crafting the Democratic Renaissance in an Age of Fear

Autor/in	Achter, Paul J.
Titel	TV, Technology, and McCarthyism: Crafting the Democratic Renaissance in an Age of Fear
Quelle	In: Quarterly Journal of Speech, 90 (2004) 3, S.307-326 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0033-5630
Schlagwörter	Hearings; Audience Response; Mass Media Effects; Television Viewing; Democracy; Social Influences; Social Systems; Political Issues + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Zuschauerverhalten; Fernsehkonsum; Demokratie; Sozialer Einfluss; Social system; Soziales System; Politischer Faktor
Abstract	One of the most watched political events in the United States at mid-century, the Army-McCarthy hearings coincided with the early period of the reception and evaluation of television as a force in society. Although optimistic rhetoric often attends the rise of new technologies, worries and fears about the power of television pervaded coverage of the hearings. The popular press expressed concern that Edward R. Murrow and Joseph McCarthy exercised unrivaled control over television viewers. Murrow and McCarthy became condensation symbols in a new struggle over control of the airwaves, and their highly publicized standoff established discursive rules for thinking about the power of audiences, journalists, and politicians. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10