From television to the Internet
Subtitle: postmodern visions of American media culture in the twentieth century
By: Wiley Lee Umphlett.
Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Madison, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 460
Subjects: Mass media and culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century.; United States -- Civilization -- 1945-
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue : shifting from the modern to a postmodern milieu; title: 1946-1963 : living the American dream in a time of new uncertainties; title: 1964-1979 : adjusting to postmodern social challenges; title: 1980-2000 : fantasizing reality as a refuge from real world uncertainties; title: Indulging the self as a way of life at century's end; title: Epilogue : looking back while looking ahead to a new century.