The invention of television / Albert Abramson
The beginnings of American television / William Boddy
Television as a public service medium / Anthony Smith
Drama and entertainment / Richard Paterson
Non-fiction television / Michael Tracey
Sport / Steven Barnett
Political ceremony and instant history / Daniel Dayan and Elihu Katz
Television in the home and family / Susan Briggs
Taste, decency, and standards / Colin Shaw
Terrorism / Philip Schlesinger
The American networks / Les Brown
Canada / Marc Raboy
Japan / Hidetoshi Kato
The Arab world / Douglas Boyd
The Third World / Dietrich Berwanger
South Asia / Pradip N. Thomas
Australia / Elizabeth Jacka and Lesley Johnson
Scandinavia, Netherlands, and Belgium / Trine Syvertsen and Eli Skogerbø
Africa / Charles Okigbo
Greater China / Zhao Bin
Latin America / Silvio Waisbord
Epilogue: the future / Richard Paterson and Anthony Smith.