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America's battle for media democracy : the triumph of corporate libertarianism and the future of media reform /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pickard, Victor W.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
Series:Communication, society, and politics.
Subjects:
Mass media policy > United States > History.
Broadcasting policy > United States > History.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / General.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : the policy origins and normative foundations of American media
  • The revolt against radio
  • A Progressive turn at the FCC
  • The battle of the blue book
  • The origins of the fairness doctrine
  • The 1940s newspaper crisis and the birth of the Hutchins Commission
  • Should the giants be slain or persuaded to be good?
  • The postwar settlement for American media
  • Conclusion : confronting market failure.