Telecommunications, mass media, and democracy : the battle for the control of U.S. broadcasting, 1928-1935 / Robert W. McChesney.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McChesney, Robert Waterman, 1952- author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Radio broadcasting policy--United States--History.

Radio broadcasting policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (410 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This study examines a critical point in US broadcasting, when a strong opposition emerged to challenge network-dominated, advertising-supported media such as radio.

Contents:

Contents; Abbreviations; Principal Characters; 1. Introduction; 2. General Order 40 and the Emergence of Commercial Broadcasting, 1925-1930; 3. The Broadcast Reform Movement I: The Payne Fund and Ferment Among the Educators; 4. The Broadcast Reform Movement II: Nonprofit Broadcasters, Civic Organizations, and Intellectuals; 5. The Broadcast Reform Movement versus the Radio Lobby: Arguments, Proposals, Programs, and Problems; 6. 1930-Summer 1932: The Battle on Capitol Hill; 7. Autumn 1932-December 1933: The Battle for Public Opinion and the White House

8. December 1933-January 1935: The Statutory Consolidation of the Status Quo9. January 1935 and Beyond: The Ideological Consolidation of the Status Quo; 10. Conclusion; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 1993.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 351-376) and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-772635-6

1-280-44203-4

0-19-802360-X

OCLC:

476012522