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Struggles for equal voice : the history of African American media democracy / Yuya Kiuchi.
Van Pelt Library PN1992.8.A34 K58 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kiuchi, Yuya.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African Americans in television broadcasting--History.
- African Americans in television broadcasting.
- African Americans on television--History.
- African Americans on television.
- Television broadcasting--Social aspects--United States.
- Television broadcasting.
- Television broadcasting--Social aspects.
- Cable television--Social aspects.
- Cable television.
- History.
- United States.
- Cable television--Social aspects--United States.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 324 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Albany : SUNY Press, [2012]
- Summary:
- While previous scholarship on African Americans and the media has largely focused on issues such as stereotypes and program content, Struggles for Equal Voice reveals how African Americans have utilized access to cable television production and viewership as a significant step toward achieving empowerment during the post-Civil Rights and Black Power era. In this pioneering study of two metropolitan districts-Boston and, Detroit-Yuya Kiuchi paints a rich and fascinating historical account of African Americans working with municipal offices, local politicians, cable service providers, and other interested' parties to realize fair African American representation and media ownership. Their success provides a useful lesson of community organizing, image production, education, and grassroots political action that remains relevant and applicable even today. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Introduction : unveiling the struggles for equal voice
- The Black image in the white pathology
- Cable television in the past and present
- The incubation period of cable television
- Drafting of democratic communication media
- Progress and struggles in the process of franchise decisions for media democracy
- From agreement to production : period of struggling
- Conclusion : BET is not the answer.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781438444796
- 1438444796
- OCLC:
- 774867614
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