Mass Entertainment. The origins of a modern industry
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- Author(s) Briggs, Asa
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1960
- Pages 30pp
- Publisher Griffin Press
- Place Published Adelaide SA
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- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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The text of a lecture delivered at University of Adelaide, Oct 1960. A pioneering account of the then neglected study of the development of mass entertainment from the end of the 19th century, dealing with: the preconditions; the experience of cinema, television & radio, music recording, etc, notably in the UK and USA; the role in this and the control thereby achieved, of commercial interests; etc