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PublisherSAGE Publications, Incorporated

ISBN-100803954077

ISBN-139780803954076

eBay Product ID (ePID)1037172

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Number of Pages352 Pages

Publication NamePublic Radio and Television in America : a Political History

LanguageEnglish

SubjectPolitical Process / Media & Internet, Radio / History & Criticism, Communication Studies, Television / History & Criticism, Television / General, Industries / Media & Communications, Radio / General

Publication Year1996

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaPolitical Science, Performing Arts, Language Arts & Disciplines, Business & Economics

AuthorRalph Engelman

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Weight20 Oz

Item Length9.1 in

Item Width5.9 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN95-050232

Dewey Edition20

Dewey Decimal303.4/833/0973

Table Of ContentIntroduction The Politics of Public Radio and TelevisionPART ONE: PROLOGUE, 1914-1945The Public Origins of American BroadcastingThe Defeat of the Broadcast Reform Movement of the 1930sPART TWO: PUBLIC RADIOPacifica Radio The Vision of Lewis K HillThe Spread of Community Radio and Pacificas Institutional CrisisNational Public Radio The Vision of William H SiemeringPublic Radio From Supplemental to Primary ServicePART THREE: PUBLIC TELEVISIONThe Foundation YearsThe Government YearsThe Corporate YearsPART FOUR: COMMUNITY TELEVISIONPublic Access The Vision of George StoneyThe Struggle over the Future of Community TVPART FIVE: CONCLUSIONThe Mystification of the Public Sphere in the History of American BroadcastingThe Attack of the Right and the Future of Public Radio and Television

SynopsisThe 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., Ralph Engelmans history of the growth of public radio and television in America is timely, compelling, and instructive. Very useful for citizens who take seriously the need for public use of the public airwaves, which we need to remember, the people own but do not control. --Ralph Nader, Director, The Center for the Study of Responsive Law "There is no cynicism or stridency in Ralph Engelmans definitive history of public broadcastings failure to fulfill its promise, only documentation of the immense problems endemic to government and corporate sponsored mass media. For models of hope, this volume acknowledges the civic discourse that has thrived in the margins of public broadcasting--in the independent community and in the homespun programming of the public access movement." --Dee Dee Halleck, Cofounder, Paper Tiger Television & Deep Dish TV "Public Radio and Television in America by Ralph Engelman effectively navigates the complex, controversial, and often maddening history of public broadcasting as a political and cultural force. Always more important than its audience size in America, public broadcastings promise and problems, as well as its heroes and villains, are treated effectively and well in this solid and critical analysis. The book is compact, yet sufficiently substantive and blessedly well written and well documented." --Everette E. Dennis, Executive Director, Freedom Forum Media Studies Center, editor, Media Studies Journal "Ralph Engelmans Public Radio and Television in America is a chilling description of how noncommercial broadcasting is the tragic victim of conservative corporate politics that have spent most of this century trying to cripple and kill it." --Ben H. Bagdikian, former Dean, Graduate School of Journalism at the University of California,, Engelman examines the origins, evolution and politics behind the development of the major noncommercial radio and television institutions in the United States - Nat ional Public Radio, Radio Pacifica and the Public Broadcasti ng Service. '

LC Classification NumberHE8689.8.E53 1996