1 The Bizarre Model of Broadcasting 12 The Evolution of Time Consciousness 133 Roots of the Synchronized Society 224 The Rationalization of Radio 415 The Synchronized Society 666 Learning to Love the Clock 877 Television and Latter-Day Synchrony 1058 The Decline of Synchrony 1289 The Arrhythmic Society 15310 From Clock to Click 17211 Moving Ahead While Looking Backward 187Acknowledgments 193Notes 195Index 233