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- catalog abstract "This is the first book to deal exclusively with the influence and meaning of what media historian Paul Heyer calls "our century's first collective nightmare." Using contemporary as well as archival sources, he explores a series of intriguing questions: Why has the TITANIC disaster affected the way we think about ourselves and our technology? How has the media made it into a morality play of mythic dimensions? What impact has that story had on the development of 20th-century communications? This timely and compelling book pays homage to the TITANIC's fateful voyage by attempting to explain not why she struck an iceberg on a cold April night in 1912, but what is surely her greatest enigma: the hold the event still has over us.".
- catalog contributor b8659203.
- catalog created "1995.".
- catalog date "1995".
- catalog date "1995.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1995.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "Pt. I. Introduction -- 1. The persistent disaster -- 2. Realizing a dream, anticipating a nightmare -- Pt. II. Wireless world -- 3. Marconi and maritime communication -- 4. Wireless at work -- 5. Sarnoff's luck -- 6. Reassessment and regulation -- Pt. III. Chasing the story -- 7. The battle of New York -- 8. Carr Van Anda and the New York Times -- 9. Why? -- Pt. IV. Disaster as metaphor -- 10. Responses and renderings in literature -- 11. The sinking in cinema -- 12. Resurrection -- 13. Conclusion: The Titanic as myth -- Appendices -- Bibliography -- Index.".
- catalog description "This is the first book to deal exclusively with the influence and meaning of what media historian Paul Heyer calls "our century's first collective nightmare." Using contemporary as well as archival sources, he explores a series of intriguing questions: Why has the TITANIC disaster affected the way we think about ourselves and our technology? How has the media made it into a morality play of mythic dimensions? What impact has that story had on the development of 20th-century communications? This timely and compelling book pays homage to the TITANIC's fateful voyage by attempting to explain not why she struck an iceberg on a cold April night in 1912, but what is surely her greatest enigma: the hold the event still has over us.".
- catalog extent "xi, 175 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Titanic legacy.".
- catalog identifier "0275953521 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Titanic legacy.".
- catalog issued "1995".
- catalog issued "1995.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Westport, CT : Praeger,".
- catalog relation "Titanic legacy.".
- catalog spatial "North Atlantic Ocean.".
- catalog subject "363.12/3/09631 20".
- catalog subject "Disasters Press coverage.".
- catalog subject "G530.T6 H49 1995".
- catalog subject "Shipwrecks North Atlantic Ocean.".
- catalog subject "Titanic (Steamship)".
- catalog tableOfContents "Pt. I. Introduction -- 1. The persistent disaster -- 2. Realizing a dream, anticipating a nightmare -- Pt. II. Wireless world -- 3. Marconi and maritime communication -- 4. Wireless at work -- 5. Sarnoff's luck -- 6. Reassessment and regulation -- Pt. III. Chasing the story -- 7. The battle of New York -- 8. Carr Van Anda and the New York Times -- 9. Why? -- Pt. IV. Disaster as metaphor -- 10. Responses and renderings in literature -- 11. The sinking in cinema -- 12. Resurrection -- 13. Conclusion: The Titanic as myth -- Appendices -- Bibliography -- Index.".
- catalog title "Titanic legacy : disaster as media event and myth / Paul Heyer.".
- catalog type "text".