Chapter Three: The Mediums and the Messages
Chapter Five: Reception and Perception
Section II: Rock Music on Television as a Minority Portrayal
Chapter Six: The Non-Recognition Era
Chapter Seven: The Ridicule Era
Chapter Eight: The Regulation Era, Part 1
Chapter Nine: The Regulation Era, Part 2
Chapter Ten: The Regulation Era, Part 3
Chapter Eleven: The Respect Era, Part 1
Chapter Twelve: The Respect Era, Part 2←vii | viii→
Chapter Thirteen: The Respect Era, Part 3
Appendix of TV Shows Featuring Rock ‘n’ Roll
Index←viii | ix→
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Figure I.1: Neil Postman, one of the fathers of Media Ecology.
Figure 1.1: Marlon Brando, as an endearing delinquent in the 1953 film The Wild One.
Figure 1.2: Bill Haley and His Comets still rocking around the clock in 1960.
Figure 3.1: The 1950s American family gets programmed.
Figure 3.2: “Professor” Chuck Berry sings “School Days” on American Bandstand.
Figure 4.2: Les Paul trades riffs with his wife Mary Ford on The Colgate Comedy Hour.
Figure 5.1: On TV, the eye wins the sensory battle between sight and sound.
Figure 5.2: Marshall McLuhan tries to explain Media Ecology to Tom Snyder on The Tomorrow Show.←ix | x→
Figure 6.1: Carl Perkins and Perry Como—two nice guys on The Perry Como Show.
Figure 6.2: Johnny Otis, the great impresario of Los Angeles rhythm ‘n’ blues.
Figure 8.1: Bo Diddley on The Ed Sullivan Show as part of 1955 Dr. Jive Revue special.
Figure 8.2: Ed Sullivan certifies that Elvis Presley is “a real decent, fine boy.”
Figure 9.1: Dick Clark: Selling chewing gum and rock ‘n’ roll to a nation.
Figure 9.2: The Archies, Don Kirshner’s cartoon rockers—more pliable than humans.
Figure 10.1: Chubby Checker doing the twist in It’s Trad, Dad, Richard Lester’s first feature film.
Figure 11.2: White teens get their first dose of James Brown on The T.A.M.I. Show.