| download | view online | TELEVISION QUARTERLY...... Volume XXXV - Number 2 | |
 |  | What’s Happening to TV Journalism? Paul Duke, long-time moderator of Washington Week in Review, says that the relentless pursuit of ratings and profits has led to a decline in standards. | |
| | TV News in the Corporate Era Veteran journalist Richard Campbell notes a downturn in stories about issues important to readers as citizens to information of interest to viewers as consumers. | |
| | Judy Woodruff: “If we can’t cover news aggressively our democracy isn’t worth anything.” The CNN anchor talks about her career in TV journalism and her abiding faith in the medium. | |
| | You’ve Got Video: Welcome to Broadband Internet. New-media specialist John V. Pavlik predicts that while online video may not replace television, it will erode the shrinking audience, especially among young viewers. | |
| | Television in Brazil: Citizen Kane Revisited, or as the Globo Turns? Antonio Brasil, a seasoned expert, shows how television dominates daily life in Brazil and is a massive exporter of programs around the world. | |
| | Television Terrorists! In the wake of wardrobe malfunctions and foul language, acclaimed producer Jack Kuney calls for a new agency to set standards for all TV, cable as well as broadcast. | |
| | Radio Finds Its Eyes TV historian Donald G. Godfrey tells the fascinating story of Charles Francis Jenkins, the forgotten pioneer of mechanical television. | |
| | The Half-Hour Blues Award-winning comedy writer Earl Pomerantz bemoans the decline of the half-hour sitcom. | |
| | Commercials Spoil Movies on AMC Former Daily News columnist Richard G. Carter reports that a once-great cable channel now frustrates viewers with advertising. | |
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| | REVIEW AND COMMENT Tuned Out: Why Americans Under 40 Don’t Follow the News by David T.Z. Mindich; Not So Prime Time: Chasing the Trivial on American Television by Howard Rosenberg - Reviewed by Bernard S. Redmont Anchoring America: The Changing Face of Network News by Jeff Alan with James M. Lane; Attack Poodles and Other Media Mutants: The Looting of the News in a Time of Terror by James Wolcott - Reviewed by Ron Simon The Forgotten Network: DuMont and the Birth of American Television by David Weinstein - Reviewed by Mary Ann Watson Demon in the Box: Jews, Arabs, Politics and Culture in the Making of Israeli Television by Tasha G. Oren - Reviewed by David Marc Science Fiction Television by M. Keith Booker - Reviewed by John Cooper Mixed Nuts by Lawrence J. Epstein - Reviewed by Earl Pomerantz | |