Moving beyond the “Vast Wasteland”: Cultural Policy and Television in the United States

Television & New Media

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 95-115

  Ouellette, Laurie ^a   Lewis, Justin ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

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EID: 84998080770     PISSN: 15274764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/152747640000100106     Document Type: Article

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