Mary Ann Watson is Associate Professor of Telecommunications and Film, Eastern Michigan University. The Expanding Vista received the Frank Luther Mott Kappa Tau Alpha Award from the National Journalism Scholarship Society as one of the best books of 1990.
"An exceptional piece of scholarship that adds significantly to the
literature of the field . . . gracefully presented in a highly
readable form. This book is a model for other broadcast historians
who have yet to treat many important developments in the history of
a medium that has greatly defined the modern era."—Everette E.
Dennis, Executive Director, The Freedom Forum Media Studies Center,
Columbia University
"Mary Ann Watson has woven thousands of up-to-now loose strands
together in this energetically researched, almost encyclopedic
account of how JFK seized on television. It is also the story of
how the social, political, and technological dynamics of Kennedy’s
era interacted with TV to transform a large part of American
life."—Ray Scherer, NBC White House Correspondent, 1951–69
"Mary Ann Watson zeroes in with pinpoint prose on a fruitful period
in American television and makes us see its importance."—Erik
Barnouw, author of Tube of Plenty
"Readable and informed . . . an important contribution to the story
of the way the new medium has transformed our lives."—Arthur
Schlesinger, Jr.
"This insightful book . . . is filled with unknown detail,
anecdotes, and documentation. The author knows television and
history, and that is an unbeatable combination."—Newton N. Minow,
FCC Chairman, 1961–63
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