Public Radio and Television in America: A Political History

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SAGE Publications, Apr 22, 1996 - Language Arts & Disciplines - 342 pages
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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Prologue 19141945
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The Public Origins of American Broadcasting
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The Defeat of the Broadcast Reform Movement of the 1930s
26
Copyright

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