U.S. international broadcasting : background and assessments / Charles Blank, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Blank, Charles, editor.

Series:

Media and communications-- technologies, policies and challenges.

Media and Communications - Technologies, Policies and Challenges

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International broadcasting--Congresses.

United States.

United States. Broadcasting Board of Governors--Management.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (103 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Publishers, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Modern U.S. government-funded international broadcasting began during World War II with the creation of the Voice of America, and continued throughout the Cold War period with Radio Free Europe broadcasting behind the Iron Curtain, and Radio Liberty targeting populations in the former Soviet Union. Over the decades, VOA expanded its broadcasting and language services into other regions of the world, including the Middle East, Asia, Latin America, and Africa. Later, new services for Cuba and East Asia were initiated. Most recently, in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, significant new reso

Contents:

""U.S. INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING: BACKGROUND AND ASSESSMENTS""; ""U.S. INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING: BACKGROUND AND ASSESSMENTS""; ""Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""Chapter 1: U.S. INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING: BACKGROUND AND ISSUES FOR REFORM""; ""SUMMARY""; ""CURRENT ISSUES FACING THE BBG AND U.S. INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""HISTORY OF U.S. INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING""; ""U.S. INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING STRUCTURE""; ""KEY POLICY ISSUES""; ""UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS REFORM ACT OF 2014""

""Chapter 2: IMPACT THROUGH INNOVATION AND INTEGRATION: BBG STRATEGIC PLAN 2012-2016""""PREFACE TO THE NEW BBG STRATEGY""; ""SUMMARY OF THE PLAN""; ""NARRATIVE""; ""TACTICAL STEPS""; ""CONSULTATION WITH STAKEHOLDERS""; ""Chapter 3: INSPECTION OF THE BROADCASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS""; ""PURPOSE, SCOPE, AND METHODOLOGY OF THE INSPECTION""; ""PREFACE""; ""KEY JUDGMENTS""; ""CONTEXT""; ""EXECUTIVE DIRECTION""; ""STRUCTURE""; ""INTERNAL GOVERNANCE ISSUES""; ""BOARD DYNAMICS""; ""NEED FOR LEGISLATIVE CHANGE""; ""BOARD ADMINISTRATIVE AREAS""; ""LIST OF RECOMMENDATIONS""

""LIST OF INFORMAL RECOMMENDATIONS""""PRINCIPAL OFFICIALS""; ""ABBREVIATIONS""; ""APPENDIX A:ORGANIZATIONAL CHART""; ""Chapter 4: BROADCASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS: ADDITIONAL STEPS NEEDED TO ADDRESS OVERLAP IN INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING""; ""WHY GAO DID THIS STUDY""; ""WHAT GAO RECOMMENDS""; ""WHAT GAO FOUND""; ""ABBREVIATIONS""; ""BACKGROUND""; ""MANY OF BBG�S LANGUAGE SERVICES OVERLAP WITH ANOTHER BBG SERVICE, BUT ANNUAL REVIEW DOES NOT SYSTEMATICALLY CONSIDER OVERLAP�S COST OR IMPACT""

""MORE THAN HALF OF BBG LANGUAGES ARE USED BY OTHER INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTERS, BUT BBG DOES NOT ANNUALLY REVIEW OTHER BROADCASTERS� EFFORTS""""CONCLUSION""; ""RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EXECUTIVE ACTION""; ""AGENCY COMMENTS AND OUR EVALUATION""; ""APPENDIX I: OBJECTIVES, SCOPE, AND METHODOLOGY""; ""APPENDIX II: BBG LANGUAGE SERVICES""; ""APPENDIX III: LANGUAGES USED BY BBG AND SELECTED OTHER GOVERNMENT SUPPORTED INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTERS AS OF 2012""; ""INDEX""

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed September 17, 2014).

ISBN:

1-63321-909-7

OCLC:

916949181