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Title: Mtv: The Making of a Revolution by Tom McGrath ISBN: 1-56138-703-7 Publisher: Running Press Pub. Date: March, 1996 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Enthusiastic, if biased, look at the ascent of pop culture
Comment: In this slightly overdone docudrama, McGrath lays down the history of MTV, charting the evolution of the most significant cultural influence during the eighties, and explaining its surprising success.
Starting with the founders -- or "pioneers," as McGrath calls them -- we are given a closer look at the rebellious mentality which gave birth to MTV, the discouraging conditions posed by a fledgling cable television industry, and the cultural factors which explain the wild success of the MTV phenomenon. But for all of this, I've got to say that this book fell short in a number of places.
Rather than provide a factual account of the network's history and evolution, McGrath frequently displays a strong bias in his interpretation of 1980's culture, and his writing often becomes more creative than analytical, as he ascribes internal monologues to the various executives and celebrities involved in the MTV saga. The information which he provides is both interesting and well-supported, but he strays from the analytical angle far too often for this to be a strong resource text. Personally, I find the explanations of the mechanics of business, and specifically the media industry, to be quite interesting, and a good introduction to media economics.
While I found the story itself interesting, and admittedly exciting in some places, I think McGrath should have focused more closely on the facts, and less on the one-liners.
Rating: 4
Summary: A page-turner
Comment: I was not expecting this to be so insightful of a book about the television business. Unexpectedly insightful.
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Title: Dancing in the Distraction Factory: Music Television and Popular Culture by Andrew Goodwin ISBN: 0816620636 Publisher: Univ of Minnesota Pr (Txt) Pub. Date: November, 1992 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Rocking Around the Clock : Music Television, Post Modernism and Consumer Culture by E. Ann Kaplan ISBN: 0415030056 Publisher: Routledge Pub. Date: September, 1988 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Not Teflon: MTV Design by Jeffrey Keyton, Moby ISBN: 0789308428 Publisher: Universe Books Pub. Date: 07 February, 2004 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: MTV Uncensored by Jacob Hoye, David P. Levin, Stuart Cohn, Pocket Books ISBN: 0743426827 Publisher: MTV Books Pub. Date: August, 2001 List Price(USD): $40.00 |
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Title: Thirty Frames Per Second: The Visionary Art of the Music Video by NEIL Feineman, Steve Reiss ISBN: 0810943573 Publisher: Harry N. Abrams Pub. Date: 01 October, 2000 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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