{"product_id":"small-screen-brian-l-ott-9781405161541","title":"Small Screen","description":"Television is one of the most important socializing forces in contemporary culture. This book is a cultural history of prime-time television in America during the 1990s. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cli\u003eExamines changes that took place in programming, such as the rapid adoption of cable, the proliferation of content providers, the development of niche marketing, the introduction of high-definition television, the blurring of traditional genres, and the creation of new formats like reality-based programming\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eArgues that television programmes of the 1990s afforded viewers a symbolic resource for negotiating the psychological challenges associated with the shift from the Industrial Age to the Information Age\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores the ways in which television provided viewers with tools for coming to terms with their fears about living in the fast-paced, increasingly diverse, information-laden society of the 90s\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Brian L. Ott\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 140516154X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781405161541\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wiley-Blackwell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/23\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.01lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2007 pg. 261","brand":"Brian L. Ott","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48013915783423,"sku":"9781405161541","price":107.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_58b95750-dc34-445f-a890-edb8626f2912.jpg?v=1767745568","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/small-screen-brian-l-ott-9781405161541","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}