The origins of television news in America
Subtitle: the visualizers of CBS in the 1940s
By: Mike Conway.
Publisher: Peter Lang
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 397
ISBN-13: 9781433106026
Subjects: CBS News -- History; Television broadcasting of news -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The back story of television and broadcast journalism; title: Radio news in World War II and the rise of television; title: The beginning of commercial television in America; title: The ambitious birth of television news; title: Television during World War II : improvisation amidst shortages; title: The fight over post-war television; title: The power of the visuals : journalists dismiss the potential of television news; title: Post-war news : rediscovering local and national stories; title: A guest in the living room : the evolution of the television newscaster; title: The 1948 political conventions : politicians and journalists meet the "all-encompassing eye"; title: Lost autonomy :  television success brings more oversight and competition; title: Becoming a mass medium :  The CBS newscast emerges as television's news format; title: The impact and importance of the 1940s CBS television newscasts.