Includes bibliographical references (p. [367]-378) and index.
Contents
The back story of television and broadcast journalism -- Radio news in World War II and the rise of television -- The beginning of commercial television in America -- The ambitious birth of television news -- Television during World War II : improvisation amidst shortages -- The fight over postwar television -- The power of the visuals : journalists dismiss the potential of television news -- Postwar news : rediscovering local and national stories -- A guest in the living room : the evolution of the television newscaster -- The 1948 political conventions : politicians and journalists meet the "all-encompassing eye" -- Lost autonomy : television success brings more oversight and competition -- The new mass medium : the CBS newscast emerges as television's news format -- The impact and importance of the 1940s CBS television newscasts.
