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A Word from Our

Viewers: Reflections from

Early Television Audiences

Ray Barfield

Praeger

A WORD FROM OUR VIEWERS

A WORD FROM OUR VIEWERS:

REFLECTIONS FROM EARLY

TELEVISION AUDIENCES

Ray Barﬁeld

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Barﬁeld, Ray E.

A word from our viewers : reﬂections from early television audiences / Ray Barﬁeld.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978–0–275–99870–7 (alk. paper)

1. Television broadcasting–United States–History. 2. Television viewers–United

States–Attitudes. I. Title.

PN1992.3.U5B35 2008

302.23 450973–dc22 2007029032

British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data is available.

2008 by Ray Barﬁeld

reproduced, by any process or technique, without the

express written consent of the publisher.

Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 2007029032

ISBN-13: 978–0–275–99870–7

First published in 2008

Praeger Publishers, 88 Post Road West, Westport, CT 06881

An imprint of Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc.

http://www.praeger.com

Printed in the United States of America

The paper used in this book complies with the

Permanent Paper Standard issued by the National

Information Standards Organization (Z39.48–1984).

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Ray Barfield - A Word from Our Viewers; Reflections from Early Television Audiences (2007).pdf