Title: Invasion of the mind snatchers
Subtitle: television's conquest of America in the fifties
Description: "In this book, the author, an Emmy award winning broadcaster chronicles the influence of television on the baby boomer generation. Spellbound by Howdy Doody and The Ed Sullivan Show, those children often acted out their favorite programs, purchased the merchandise promoted by performers, and were fascinated by the personalities they saw on screen, often emulating their behavior. It was the first generation raised by TV, and the author looks at both the promise of broadcasting as espoused by the inventors and how that promise was both redefined and lost by the corporations who helped spread this revolutionary technology."--Jacket.
Subjects: Television broadcasting, Social aspects of Television broadcasting, History, Gesellschaft, Television and children, Fernsehen, Social aspects, Soziale Funktion, Fernsehsendung, Television broadcasting, social aspects, Television broadcasting, united states
Places: United States
Time periods: 20th century