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Publication details [#40457]

Achter, Paul. 2004. TV, technology, and McCarthyism: crafting the democratic renaissance in an age of fear. The Quarterly Journal of Speech 90 (3) : 307–326.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

audience | political discussion | power | rhetoric | television

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Annotation

This paper deals with the US television broadcast, at mid-century, of the Army-McCarthy hearings and with the power of television in society, and the power of journalists, politicians and audiences.