Public Radio and Television in America: A Political History

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SAGE Publications, 1996 M04 22 - 352 páginas
The origins and evolution of the major insititutions in the United States for noncommercial radio and television are explored in this unique volume.

Ralph Engelman examines the politics behind the development of National Public Radio, Radio Pacifica and the Public Broadcasting Service. He traces the changing social forces that converged to launch and shape these institutions from the Second World War to the present day. The book challenges several commonly held beliefs - including that the mass media is simply a manipulative tool - and concludes that public broadcasting has an enormous potential as an emancipatory vehicle.

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The Politics of Public Radio and Television
1
Part I Prologue 19141945
9
Chapter 2 The Public Origins of American Broadcasting
11
Chapter 3 The Defeat of the Broadcast Reform Movement of the 1930s
26
Part II Public Radio
41
The Vision of Lewis K Hill
43
Chapter 5 The Spread of Community Radio and Pacificas Institutional Crisis
63
The Vision of William H Siemering
83
Part IV Community Television
217
The Vision of George Stoney
219
Chapter 12 The Struggle Over the Future of Community TV
246
Part V Conclusion
267
Chapter 13 The Mystification of the Public Sphere in the History of American Broadcasting ...
269
Chapter 14 The Attack of the Right and the Future of Public Radio and Television
285
References
308
Transcript Compilations and Archives
320

From Supplemental to Primary Service
107
Part III Public Television
133
Chapter 8 The Foundation Years
135
Chapter 9 The Government Years
165
Chapter 10 The Corporate Years
188
Author Index
322
Subject Index
326
About the Author
341
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