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| Cable Television | 1 |
| Discourse Analysis | 1 |
| Policy Formation | 1 |
| Rhetorical Criticism | 1 |
| Rhetorical Invention | 1 |
| Technological Advancement | 1 |
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| Critical Studies in Mass… | 1 |
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| Streeter, Thomas | 1 |
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| Journal Articles | 1 |
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Peer reviewedStreeter, Thomas – Critical Studies in Mass Communication, 1987
Discusses how utopian talk about cable television as a dramatic new technology swept through the policy arena in the 1970s. Analyzes this talk as a discursive practice to demonstrate both the value of discourse analysis and some contradictions of the policy process. Shows how discourse thus helped shape an institution that it failed to describe.…
Descriptors: Cable Television, Discourse Analysis, Policy Formation, Rhetorical Criticism
