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Sitcoms and suburbia

其他書名	the role of network television in the de-urbanization of the U.S., 1949-1991
出版	University of Florida, 2007
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=TFiX0AEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋ABSTRACT: My study addresses the links between U.S. network television programming, particularly situation comedies of the Cold War era, and the post-WWII explosion of suburbia. In addition to historical work, I coded the contents of 500 TV sitcoms (1947 to 1995) to determine the setting of each sitcom as urban or non-urban. As various events— such as the USSR‘s development of an atomic bomb in 1949, China‘s development of an atomic weapon as well as the USSR‘s development of a hydrogen bomb in 1955, and the USSR‘s launching of Sputnik in 1957—exacerbated a climate of fear in the U.S., the number of TV sitcoms set in the cities noticeably decreased. There also appeared to be an inverse relationship between racial issues, civil-rights events, Supreme Court rulings, etc., and the number of sitcoms set in cities. My study shows that the geography (i.e., the settings) of television entertainment can contain ideological implications.