Invasion of the Mind Snatchers (On The Media: Friday, 15 October 2010) from On The Media by onthemedia@wnyc.org (WNYC, New York Public Radio)

Consumers could buy televisions as early as the 1920s, but the medium didn't really dominate American culture until the 1950s - the era of black and white sitcoms, nuclear families and nuclear weapons. Author Eric Burns' new book, Invasion of the Mind Snatchers, charts not only the rise of television but also the social context that birthed it. He says that TV's inventors worried they created a monster.

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