A 40-Year Portrait of the Portrayal of Industry on Prime-Time Television.

Trujillo, Nick; Ekdom, Leah R.

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ERIC Number: EJ370094

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Publication Date: 1987

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A 40-Year Portrait of the Portrayal of Industry on Prime-Time Television.

Trujillo, Nick; Ekdom, Leah R.

Journalism Quarterly, v64 n2-3 p368-75 Sum-Fall 1987

Examines prime-time television's portrayals of industries from the 1950s through the 1980s. Claims that television overrepresents service and public administration industries and underrepresents manufacturing. Asserts that these representations reflect widely shared cultural values and the commercial constraints of network television. (MM)

Descriptors: Broadcast Television, Industry, Programing (Broadcast), Television Research

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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