We liked to watch: Television as progenitor of the surveillance society

Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Volumn 625, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 32-48

  Meyrowitz, Joshua ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood; Gender; Medium theory; Political image; Socialization; Surveillance; Televation; Television

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349124924     PISSN: 00027162     EISSN: 15523349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002716209339576     Document Type: Article

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