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Television, History, and U.S. Social movements

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

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Television, History, and U.S. Social movements

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  1. Television, History, and U.S. Social movements

  2. Television and History • Television as eyewitness • Television as chronicler • Television as historian • Television as societal mirror • Television as target

  3. Television as Eyewitness

  4. 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

  5. Civil rights and newscasts: omissions African American activists Heterogeneity of movement Equivalent mourning for African American victims

  6. Television and History • Television as eyewitness • Television as chronicler • Television as historian • Television as societal mirror • Television as target

  7. Television as Historian

  8. Television as “Prosthetic Memory” (Alison Landsberg) • Not natural • Worn on body • Interchangeable, diverse • Useful

  9. Television as Historian

  10. Television as Historian

  11. Television as Historian

  12. Television as Historian

  13. Television and History • Television as eyewitness • Television as chronicler • Television as historian • Television as societal mirror • Television as target

  14. Television as Societal Mirror

  15. Television as Societal Mirror

  16. Television as Societal Mirror

  17. Television as Societal Mirror

  18. Television as Societal Mirror

  19. Television as Societal Mirror

  20. Television as Societal Mirror

  21. Television and History • Television as eyewitness • Television as chronicler • Television as historian • Television as societal mirror • Television as target

  22. T.H. Marshall, Citizenship and Social Class • Civil rights • Political rights • Social Rights

  23. Television as Target Amos ‘n’ Andy

  24. Amos ‘n’ Andy

  25. Television as Target WLBT-TV, Jackson, Miss.

  26. 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”

  27. Television as Target Kerner Report

  28. Television as Target Latinas/os and Spanish Language TV

  29. Latinas/os and Television • English language efforts • Spanish language efforts

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