{"product_id":"a-short-history-of-the-modern-media-paperback-softback-9781444351422","title":"A Short History of the Modern Media (Paperback \/ softback) 9781444351422","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA Short History of the Modern Media\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Until now, there has not been a teachable \u003ci\u003ehistory\u003c\/i\u003e of mass media.  Cullen’s deftly distilled historiographies will please teachers and the well-chosen genre essays and case studies will inspire great classroom discussions.”\u003cbr\u003e --\u003ci\u003eAndrew Haley, The University of Southern Mississippi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“With its informative overviews and rich document studies, \u003ci\u003eA Short History of the Modern Media\u003c\/i\u003e should prove an essential work for any course on the history and meaning of modern media.”\u003cbr\u003e --\u003ci\u003eLouis P. Masur, Rutgers University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"An excellent introduction to the technologies, industries, cultural forms, and genres that constitute our media landscape.  Cullen shows that the history of our media is in many ways the history of our sociality and our intimacies.\"\u003cbr\u003e --\u003ci\u003eMatthew Frye Jacobson, Yale University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJim Cullen (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781444351422, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 11 October 2013\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e304 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.39 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Short History of the Modern Media\u003c\/i\u003e presents a concise history of the major media of the last 150 years, including print, stage, film, radio, television, sound recording, and the Internet.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers a compact, teaching-friendly presentation of the history of mass media\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFeatures a discussion of works in popular culture that are well-known and easily available\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePresents a history of modern media that is strongly interdisciplinary in nature \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Figures ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIntroduction: Medium Message 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOverview 2\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 11\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Print’s Run: Publishing as Popular Culture 13\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOverview 14\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGenre Study \/ Terrifying pleasures: Horror 31\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDocument Study \/ The ravenous imagination of Edgar Allan Poe 38\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDocument Study \/ Carrie: Princess of blood, King of horror 44\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 49\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Dramatic Developments: The World of the Stage 51\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOverview 52\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGenre Study \/ Notes from the stage: The Broadway musical 69\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDocument Study \/ Show Boat: High tide of the American musical 77\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 83\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Reel Life: The Art of Motion Pictures 85\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOverview 86\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGenre Study \/ Horse sense: The logic of the western 102\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDocument Study \/ The Searchers: Monumental western 111\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 116\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Making Waves: Radio in American Life 119\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOverview 120\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGenre Study \/ Worlds away: Science fiction 134\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDocument Study \/ The Mercury Theater on the Air: \u003ci\u003eWorlds war 142\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDocument Study \/ Buck Rogers: Finding time (in space) 149\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 153\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Channels of Opportunity: The Arc of Television Broadcasting 155\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOverview 156\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGenre Study \/ Screened realities: Situation comedy 173\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDocument Study \/ Seriously funny: I Love Lucy 181\u003c\/p\u003e 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