Mr Media's Blog
Analysis and observations about Mass Media and Pop Culture
Baby boomers
Down the Tube
Review by Mike Gange Desperate Networks by Bill Carter Doubleday (2006), 404 pages, $35.95 American network television is showing its age. Like all baby boomers, the medium came alive right after WWII. Now, at 60 plus, television is facing a crisis unlike anything the major networks have seen. There is a scarcity … Continue reading
The Changing Nation
Review by Mike Gange Boomer Nation: The Largest and Richest Generation Ever and How it Changed America by Steven Gillon Free Press, $27.50/ $41.00 CAN, 365 pages As 2004 came to a close, the youngest of the Baby Boomers had reached their 40th birthday and the upper end of the baby boom had almost celebrated … Continue reading
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