1st Edition

The Age of Television

Edited By Martin Esslin Copyright 1982
154 Pages
by Routledge

156 Pages
by Routledge

138 Pages
by Routledge

Having spent most of his career working with the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Martin Esslin appraises American TV with the eyes of both a detached outsider and a concerned insider. "American popular culture," writes Esslin, "has become the popular culture of the world at large. American television is thus more than a purely social phenomenon. It fascinates and in some instances... Read more
1: The Drama Explosion; 2: Drama as Communication; 3: Fiction into Reality; 4: Reality into Fiction; 5: The Long-term Effects of Television; 6: Problems of Control; 7: The Challenge of the Future

Biography

Martin Esslin