Television, History, and U.S. Social movements

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TELEVISION, HISTORY, AND U.S. SOCIAL MOVEMENTS

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Television, History, and U.S. Social movements. Television and History. Television as eyewitness Television as chronicler Television as historian Television as societal mirror Television as target. Television as Eyewitness. Civil rights and newscasts. Sympathy for integrationists - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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TELEVISION, HISTORY, AND U.S. SOCIAL MOVEMENTS

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Television and History Television as

eyewitness Television as

chronicler Television as

historian Television as

societal mirror Television as

target

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Television as Eyewitness

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Civil rights and newscasts Sympathy for

integrationists White segregationists as

“Other,” deviant White southern moderate Leaders of civil rights

organizations, especially MLK

Worthy African American subjects

Emphasis on interracial composition of movement

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Civil rights and newscasts: omissions African American

activists Heterogeneity of

movement Equivalent

mourning for African American victims

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Television and History Television as

eyewitness Television as

chronicler Television as

historian Television as

societal mirror Television as

target

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Television as Historian

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Television as “Prosthetic Memory” (Alison Landsberg)

Not natural Worn on body Interchangeable,

diverse Useful

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Television as Historian

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Television as Historian

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Television as Historian

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Television as Historian

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Television and History Television as

eyewitness Television as

chronicler Television as

historian Television as

societal mirror Television as

target

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Television as Societal Mirror

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Television as Societal Mirror

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Television as Societal Mirror

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Television as Societal Mirror

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Television as Societal Mirror

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Television as Societal Mirror

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Television as Societal Mirror

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Television and History Television as

eyewitness Television as

chronicler Television as

historian Television as

societal mirror Television as

target

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T.H. Marshall, Citizenship and Social Class

Civil rights Political rights Social Rights

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Amos ‘n’ Andy

Television as Target

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Amos ‘n’ Andy

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WLBT-TV, Jackson, Miss.

Television as Target

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WLBT, United Church of Christ v. FCC

History of discriminatory programming practices

Everett Parker, RLT Smith, Aaron Henry United Church of Christ v. FCC (1966) Standing, “representative” and

“responsible”

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Kerner Report

Television as Target

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Latinas/os and Spanish Language TV

Television as Target

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Latinas/os and Television English language

efforts Spanish language

efforts