Open AccessTruth or Consequence: How the 1950s Quiz Show Scandal Shaped American Audiences
Author(s) -
Claire S. MacLeod
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
university of st andrews law journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2634-5102
DOI - 10.15664/stalj.v1i1.2344
Subject(s) - political science , media studies , history , sociology
This paper offers an overview of the 1950s American quiz show scandal that revolved around the ‘rigging’ of CBS and NBC programs The $64,000 Question and Twenty-One during an unprecedented transformation and rapid growth of the postwar American media landscape.