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03853aam a2200565 i 4500 001 B7901EF4586511EA978CCE3397128E48 003 SILO 005 20200226010029 008 190607t20192019maua b s001 0 eng 010 $a 2019019886 020 $a 1625344511 020 $a 9781625344519 020 $a 1625344503 020 $a 9781625344502 035 $a (OCoLC)1101027504 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCF $d YDX $d BDX $d IUL $d DLC $d BNG $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- $a e-ge--- $a e-gw--- $a n-us--- 050 00 $a DD900 $b .C66 2019 082 00 $a 070.1/95097309045 $2 23 100 1 $a Conway, Mike, $d 1961- $e author. 245 10 $a Contested ground : $b The tunnel and the struggle over television news in Cold War America / $c Mike Conway. 264 1 $a Amherst : $b University of Massachusetts Press, $c [2019] 300 $a x, 268 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 23 cm. 490 1 $a Culture and politics in the Cold War and beyond 520 $a "In 1962, an innovative documentary on a Berlin Wall tunnel escape brought condemnation from both sides of the Iron Curtain during one of the most volatile periods of the Cold War. The Tunnel, produced by NBC's Reuven Frank, clocked in at ninety minutes and prompted a range of strong reactions. While the television industry ultimately awarded the program three Emmys, the U.S. Department of State pressured NBC to cancel the program, and print journalists criticized the network for what they considered to be a blatant disregard of journalistic ethics. It was not just The Tunnel's subject matter that sparked controversy, but the medium itself. The surprisingly fast ascendance of television news as the country's top choice for information threatened the self-defined supremacy of print journalism and the de facto cooperation of government officials and reporters on Cold War issues. In Contested Ground, Mike Conway argues that the production and reception of television news and documentaries during this period reveals a major upheaval in American news communications"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Captured on Film: A Daring Escape from a Divided Berlin -- Parallel Paths: Television, the Cold War, and Reuven Frank -- The Transmission of Experience -- Journalist vs. Filmmaker: The Tunnel and the Elusive Definition of Documentary Films -- Adventurous Laymen: Print vs. Broadcast in Journalism Boundary Work -- "The Necessary Restraints of National Security" -- Epilogue. 630 00 $a Tunnel (Television program) 610 20 $a National Broadcasting Company $x History $y 20th century. 610 27 $a National Broadcasting Company. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01731820 611 27 $a Berlin Wall (Germany : 1961-1989) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01709753 650 0 $a Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989. 650 0 $a Escapes $z Berlin $z Berlin $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Escapes $z Germany (East) $x History. 650 0 $a Documentary television programs $z United States $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Television broadcasting of news $x Political aspects $z United States. 650 7 $a Documentary television programs. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00896100 650 7 $a Escapes. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00915129 650 7 $a Television broadcasting of news $x Political aspects. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01146804 651 7 $a Germany. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01210272 651 7 $a Germany $z Berlin. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204829 651 7 $a Germany (East) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01210274 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 648 7 $a 1900-1999 $2 fast 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 830 0 $a Culture and politics in the Cold War and beyond. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20220317023902.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=B7901EF4586511EA978CCE3397128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search