Telecommunications, Mass Media, and Democracy: The Battle for the Control of U.S. Broadcasting, 1928-1935
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| Rating | : | 4.67 (520 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0195071743 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 416 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-04-26 |
| Language | : | English |
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"This highly informative study gives an illuminating account of the formation of the mass media, the forces that determined their character, and the implications for functioning democracy. This realization is especially relevant as Congress and the FCC make policy for constructing the Information Superhighway."--The Progressive"Robert McChesney's contribution to our understanding of media history and reform movements is enormous."--Against the Current"A valuable scholarly assessment of a critical period of policy decision-making.Important reading--perhaps the best telling of this short but centrally-important period."--Communications Booknotes. His book explodes the myth that the radio-TV environment of today was produced by some 'natural evolution' nurtured by the inherently democratic free market. The questions addressed and the insights offered are also of great contempor
History Repeats doomsdayer520 Robert McChesney has become one of our leading media critics and activists, and in this debut book from 1993 he was already adept at exploring why concentrated corporate media is an affront to democracy. Granted, at the time of this book McChesney was not yet wearing his democratic (small "d") politics so prominently on his sleeve, and was m. Here come the Martian Marxists and I wouldn't be surprised if they're riding on their Martian bike.This book is a sad joke and a frivolous, ideologically-poisoned waste of thousands of hours of archival research. McChesney, whose reputation as the academic pundit King of All Media is based on the rickety foundation of this misbegotten work, imagines himself to be doing mu
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. McChesney highlights the activities and arguments of this early broadcast reform movement of the 1930s. 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. Although the movement failed, McChesney argues that it provides important lessons not only for communication historians and policymakers, but for those concerned with media and how they are used.. This work shows in detail the emergence and consolidation of U.S
. Robert W. McChesney is at University of Wisconsin, Madison