Download or read book American Protestants and TV in the 1950s written by M. Rosenthal and published by Springer. This book was released on 2007-10-01 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Americans in the 1950s faced the challenge of negotiating the new medium's place in the home and in American culture in general. Using the American Protestant experience of the introduction of television, Rosenthal illustrates the importance of the interplay between a new medium and its users.