Oscar Winberg, "Archie Bunker Goes to Washington"

MIT Comparative Media Studies/Writing by MIT Comparative Media Studies/Writing

Apr 11, 202201:24:50Education

This talk reconsiders the role of television entertainment in American political life in the 1970s and beyond. Focusing on the situation comedy All in the Family (CBS, 1971-1979), the talk looks at a turn to politics in...

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