In the mid-1960’s no one had any idea that local television would become such a “money-mine”. Dr. William McDaniels, a retired Professor of Sociology at Pacific Southwest University had taken a special interest in the histories of local television in Nova Vista, a large city in the Pacific Southwest, where this University has its campus. He had developed an interest in this mainly because televi...
Ronald Conner - The Televisionist
The Televisionist
Ronald Conner
Description
In the mid-1960’s no one had any idea that local television would become such a “money-mine”. Dr. William McDaniels, a retired Professor of Sociology at Pacific Southwest University had taken a special interest in the histories of local television in Nova Vista, a large city in the Pacific Southwest, where this University has its campus. He had developed an interest in this mainly because television had been so influential to younger generations, the generations he taught. As a sociologist he wanted to know what, if anything, had been involved in this popular medium that could have influenced his students and in which ways?