Tribal Memory of Public Broadcasting
Author : John Witherspoon
Publisher : Educational Broadcasting Corporation
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 19,19 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780967746302
Public Radio and Television in America
Author : Ralph Engelman
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 355 pages
File Size : 32,25 MB
Release : 1996-04-22
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0803954077
Book Description
Overview of public radio and television in the United States
Listener Supported
Author : Jack W. Mitchell
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 30,69 MB
Release : 2005-03-30
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 031301793X
Book Description
Public radio stands as a valued national institution, one whose fans and listeners actively support it with their time and their money. In this new history of this important aspect of American culture, author Jack W. Mitchell looks at the dreams that inspired those who created it, the all-too- human realities that grew out of those dreams, and the criticism they incurred from both sides of the political spectrum. As National Public Radio's very first employee, and the first producer of its legendary All Things Considered, Mitchell tells the story of public radio from the point of view of an insider, a participant, and a thoughtful observer. He traces its origins in the progressive movement of the 20th century, and analyzes the people, institutions, ideas, political forces, and economic realities that helped it evolve into what we know as public radio today. NPR and its local affiliates have earned their reputation for thoughtful commentary and excellent journalism, and their work is especially notable in light of the unique struggles they have faced over the decades. This comprehensive overview of their mission will fascinate listeners whose enjoyment and support of public radio has made it possible, and made it great.
The Disinformation Age
Author : W. Lance Bennett
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 41,69 MB
Release : 2020-10-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1108843050
Book Description
This book shows how disinformation spread by partisan organizations and media platforms undermines institutional legitimacy on which authoritative information depends.
The PBS Companion
Author : David C. Stewart
Publisher :
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 13,75 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN :
Book Description
Offers a look at public broadcasting's most successful programs, including Masterpiece Theatre, Brideshead Revisited, Frontline, NOVA, and Sesame Street.
Radio's Hidden Voice
Author : Hugh Richard Slotten
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 38,34 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Broadcasting
ISBN : 0252034473
Book Description
A detailed study of American public radio's early history
Viewers Like You
Author : Laurie Oullette
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 19,16 MB
Release : 2012-07-24
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0231529317
Book Description
How "public" is public television if only a small percentage of the American people tune in on a regular basis? When public television addresses "viewers like you," just who are you? Despite the current of frustration with commercial television that runs through American life, most TV viewers bypass the redemptive "oasis of the wasteland" represented by PBS and turn to the sitcoms, soap operas, music videos, game shows, weekly dramas, and popular news programs produced by the culture industries. Viewers Like You? traces the history of public broadcasting in the United States, questions its priorities, and argues that public TV's tendency to reject popular culture has undermined its capacity to serve the people it claims to represent. Drawing from archival research and cultural theory, the book shows that public television's perception of what the public needs is constrained by unquestioned cultural assumptions rooted in the politics of class, gender, and race.
That's the Way It Is
Author : Charles L. Ponce de Leon
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 11,50 MB
Release : 2016-09-09
Category : History
ISBN : 022642152X
Book Description
Ever since Newton Minow taught us sophisticates to bemoan the descent of television into a vast wasteland, the dyspeptic chorus of jeremiahs who insist that television news in particular has gone from gold to dross gets noisier and noisier. Charles Ponce de Leon says here, in effect, that this is misleading, if not simply fatuous. He argues in this well-paced, lively, readable book that TV news has changed in response to broader changes in the TV industry and American culture. It is pointless to bewail its decline. "That s the Way It Is "gives us the very first history of American television news, spanning more than six decades, from Camel News Caravan to Countdown with Keith Oberman and The Daily Show. Starting in the latter 1940s, television news featured a succession of broadcasters who became household names, even presences: Eric Sevareid, Walter Cronkite, David Brinkley, Peter Jennings, Brian Williams, Katie Couric, and, with cable expansion, people like Glenn Beck, Jon Stewart, and Bill O Reilly. But behind the scenes, the parallel story is just as interesting, involving executives, producers, and journalists who were responsible for the field s most important innovations. Included with mainstream network news programs is an engaging treatment of news magazines like "60 Minutes" and "20/20, " as well as morning news shows like "Today" and "Good Morning America." Ponce de Leon gives ample attention to the establishment of cable networks (CNN, and the later competitors, Fox News and MSNBC), mixing in colorful anecdotes about the likes of Roger Ailes and Roone Arledge. Frothy features and other kinds of entertainment have been part and parcel of TV news from the start; viewer preferences have always played a role in the evolution of programming, although the disintegration of a national culture since the 1970s means that most of us no longer follow the news as a civic obligation. Throughout, Ponce de Leon places his history in a broader cultural context, emphasizing tensions between the public service mission of TV news and the quest for profitability and broad appeal."
The History and Politics of Public Radio
Author : James T. Bennett
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 34,3 MB
Release : 2021-07-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 3030800199
Book Description
This book presents an absorbing study of how educational radio, which originated to broadcast weather forecasts to farmers, has become what the Pew Center calls the most trusted source of news for American liberals and a regular in the rogue's gallery of election-year conservative targets.The Nielsen Company reported in late 2019 that 272 million Americans listen to "traditional radio" each week, a number exceeding those who watch television, use a smartphone, or access the Internet. Yet almost from the start, radio has also been flayed as a noise box of inanity, a transmitter of low-brow entertainment, an instrument of cultural degradation promoting vapid popular music, and a medium whose ultimate purpose is to convince listeners to purchase the goods and services incessantly hawked by the advertisers who underwrite the programs and allegedly dictate content. At the same time, an alternative conception of radio existed as a vehicle for education and for cultural and intellectual (and even political) enlightenment. Most proponents of this perspective disdained advertising revenue and sought subsidies from foundations, wealthy patrons, or varying levels of government.The long, winding road of educational radio led eventually to the creation of National Public Radio (NPR), a fixture on the left of the dial that can be seen as either the consummation or corruption of the educational radio movement. Prized by many liberals, especially affluent whites, and disparaged by many conservatives, NPR has become a potent symbol of the political polarization and cultural chasm that now characterizes the American conversation.
Broadcasting Freedom
Author : Barbara Dianne Savage
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 27,51 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780807848043
Book Description
Tells how Blacks used radio
