02617nam 22005413u 450 991078268270332120230421045228.00-19-772635-61-280-44203-40-19-802360-X(CKB)1000000000702429(EBL)272780(OCoLC)476012522(SSID)ssj0000366612(PQKBManifestationID)12119639(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000366612(PQKBWorkID)10418670(PQKB)10528774(MiAaPQ)EBC272780(EXLCZ)99100000000070242920130418d1995|||| u|| |engtxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierTelecommunications, Mass Media, and Democracy the Battle for the Control of U.S. Broadcasting, 1928-1935New York Oxford University Press19951 online resource (410 pages)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-507174-3 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 House8. 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; IndexThis study examines a critical point in US broadcasting, when a strong opposition emerged to challenge network-dominated, advertising-supported media such as radio.Radio broadcasting policyRadio broadcasting policyUnited StatesHistoryBroadcasting policyUnited StatesHistoryRadio broadcasting policy.Radio broadcasting policyHistory.Broadcasting policyHistory.384.540973McChesney Robert Waterman1952-554030AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910782682703321Telecommunications, Mass Media, and Democracy3686462UNINA