Telecommunications, Mass Media, and Democracy : The Battle for the Control of U.S. Broadcasting, 1928-1935.
Robert W. McChesney
Bok Engelsk 1995 · Electronic books.
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| Opplysninger | Intro -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Principal Characters -- 1. Introduction -- 2. General Order 40 and the Emergence of Commercial Broadcasting, 1925-1930 -- American Broadcasting Through the Passage of the Radio Act of 1927 -- The FRC and the Reallocation of the Airwaves -- The Emerging Status Quo and the Reaction of the Immediate Parties -- 3. The Broadcast Reform Movement I: The Payne Fund and Ferment Among the Educators -- The Payne Fund and Radio Broadcasting, 1927-1930 -- The National Committee on Education by Radio -- National Advisory Council on Radio in Education -- The Ventura Free Press Radio Campaign -- 4. The Broadcast Reform Movement II: Nonprofit Broadcasters, Civic Organizations, and Intellectuals -- Edward Nockels, WCFL, and Organized Labor -- Father Harney, the Paulist Fathers, and WLWL -- Pacific-Western Broadcasting Federation and Gross W. Alexander -- The ACLU Radio Committee -- American Intellectuals and Commercial Broadcasting -- Harris K. Randall and the American Radio Audience League -- 5. The Broadcast Reform Movement versus the Radio Lobby: Arguments, Proposals, Programs, and Problems -- The Broadcast Reformers: Critique of the Status Quo, Alternatives, and Problems -- The Radio Lobby: Activities and Arguments in Defense of the Status Quo -- 6. 1930-Summer 1932: The Battle on Capitol Hill -- Public Opinion and Congressional Attitudes on Broadcasting and Reform -- Louis G. Caldwell and the American Bar Association -- SR 129 and Commercial Radio Advertising -- 7. Autumn 1932-December 1933: The Battle for Public Opinion and the White House -- Shifting Currents in Autumn 1932 -- The Battle for the Press -- The Battle for the White House, 1933 -- 8. December 1933-January 1935: The Statutory Consolidation of the Status Quo -- Jockeying for Position in Early 1934.. - The Wagner-Hatfield Amendment and the Communications Act of 1934 -- The FCC Hearings in Autumn 1934 -- 9. January 1935 and Beyond: The Ideological Consolidation of the Status Quo -- The Collapse of the Broadcast Reform Movement -- Free Speech and Ideological Closure -- 10. Conclusion -- Rethinking U.S. Broadcasting History -- Failure of the 1930s Reform Movement and Media Reform Efforts Thereafter -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.. - This study examines a critical point in US broadcasting, when a strong opposition emerged to challenge network-dominated, advertising-supported media such as radio.
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