Telecommunications, Mass Media, and Democracy The Battle for the Control of U. S. Broadcasting, 1928-1935

Name: Telecommunications, Mass Media, and Democracy The Battle for the Control of U. S. Broadcasting, 1928-1935
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ISBN: 9780195071740

ISBN-10: 0195071743

ISBN-13: 9780195071740

Edition: 1993

Authors: Robert W. McChesney

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This work shows in detail the emergence and consolidation of U.S. commercial broadcasting economically, politically, and ideologically. This process was met by organized opposition and a general level of public antipathy that has been almost entirely overlooked by previous scholarship. McChesney highlights the activities and arguments of this early broadcast reform movement of the 1930s. The reformers argued that commercial broadcasting was inimical to the communication requirements of a democratic society and that the only solution was to have a dominant role for nonprofit and noncommercial broadcasting. Although the movement failed, McChesney argues that it provides important lessons not…

Book details

List price: $65.00
Copyright year: 1993
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 7/15/1993
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 416
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.63" long x 1.31" tall
Weight: 1.914
Language: English

Acknowledgments	p. vii
Abbreviations	p. xi
Principal Characters	p. xiii
Introduction	p. 3
General Order 40 and the Emergence of Commercial Broadcasting, 1925-1930	p. 12
the Broadcast Reform Movement I: the Payne Fund and Ferment Among the Educators	p. 38
the Broadcast Reform Movement Ii: Nonprofit Broadcasters, Civic Organizations, and Intellectuals	p. 63
the Broadcast Reform Movement Versus the Radio Lobby: Arguments, Proposals, Programs, and Problems	p. 92
1930-Summer 1932: the Battle on Capitol Hill	p. 121
Autumn 1932-December 1933: the Battle for Public Opinion and the White House	p. 151
December 1933-January 1935: the Statutory Consolidation of the Status Quo	p. 188
January 1935 and Beyond: the Ideological Consolidation of the Status Quo	p. 226
Conclusion	p. 252
Notes	p. 271
Selected Bibliography	p. 351
Index	p. 377
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