With the advent of affordable television sets, the influence of the media on American life mushroomed, all too frequently blurring the line between advertising and information, fiction and fact. This ABC News program anchored by Peter Jennings focuses on the way in which both the silver screen and the television screen have reflected America’s national culture and even shaped the country’s perception of events during the turbulent decades of the latter half of the 20th century. (32 minutes)

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