Child's play: Addressing the young Cold War audience in Captain Video and His Video Rangers (1949–1955).
This article argues the early science fiction television programme, Captain Video and His Video Rangers (DuMont, 1949–1955), addressed its young target audience directly as Cold War citizens, while encouraging them to undertake imaginative play in a form of early television fandom. The moral panic a...
| Publicado en: | Critical Studies in Television Vol. 15; no. 2; pp. 112 - 129 |
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| Formato: | Film/TV Criticism and Review |
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Sage Publications Inc.
Jun2020
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