Abstract

Television
Langman, Anne W. | July 7, 1956 issue

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The monopoly cry calls up strong reactions pro and con government control of big business which are not new to American democracy. There is a large watershed of experience to draw on for just resolution of industrial gigantisms. However the television industry is uniquely dominant in American life. Consider that more than three-quarters of all the families in the country have television and spend more time watching their sets than in any other single activity except sleep. The control of the kind and nature of programs that Americans will see is at the heart of the battle currently under way in Washington.

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MONOPOLIES; MASS media; TELEVISION programs; TELEVISION viewers -- United States; TELEVISION broadcasting -- United States; UNITED States
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