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Klappentext 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction The Politics of Public Radio and Television PART ONE: PROLOGUE, 1914-1945 The Public Origins of American Broadcasting The Defeat of the Broadcast Reform Movement of the 1930s PART TWO: PUBLIC RADIO Pacifica Radio The Vision of Lewis K Hill The Spread of Community Radio and Pacificäs Institutional Crisis National Public Radio The Vision of William H Siemering Public Radio From Supplemental to Primary Service PART THREE: PUBLIC TELEVISION The Foundation Years The Government Years The Corporate Years PART FOUR: COMMUNITY TELEVISION Public Access The Vision of George Stoney The Struggle over the Future of Community TV PART FIVE: CONCLUSION The Mystification of the Public Sphere in the History of American Broadcasting The Attack of the Right and the Future of Public Radio and Television
