America's battle for media democracy : the triumph of corporate libertarianism and the future of media reform / Victor Pickard, University of Pennsylvania.

Call Number	302.23
Author	Pickard, Victor W., author.
Title	America's battle for media democracy : the triumph of corporate libertarianism and the future of media reform / Victor Pickard, University of Pennsylvania.
Physical Description	1 online resource (xi, 247 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Series	Communication, society and politics
Notes	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
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.
Summary	How did the American media system become what it is today? Why do American media have so few public interest regulations compared with other democratic nations? How did the system become dominated by a few corporations, and why are structural problems like market failures routinely avoided in media policy discourse? By tracing the answers to many of these questions back to media policy battles in the 1940s, this book explains how this happened and why it matters today. Drawing from extensive archival research, the book uncovers the American media system's historical roots and normative foundations. It charts the rise and fall of a forgotten media reform movement to recover alternatives and paths not taken. As much about the present and future as it is about the past, the book proposes policies for remaking media based on democratic values for the digital age.
Subject	Mass media policy United States History. Broadcasting policy United States History.
Multimedia	https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139814799

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Summary	How did the American media system become what it is today? Why do American media have so few public interest regulations compared with other democratic nations? How did the system become dominated by a few corporations, and why are structural problems like market failures routinely avoided in media policy discourse? By tracing the answers to many of these questions back to media policy battles in the 1940s, this book explains how this happened and why it matters today. Drawing from extensive archival research, the book uncovers the American media system's historical roots and normative foundations. It charts the rise and fall of a forgotten media reform movement to recover alternatives and paths not taken. As much about the present and future as it is about the past, the book proposes policies for remaking media based on democratic values for the digital age.
Notes	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
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.
Subject	Mass media policy United States History. Broadcasting policy United States History.
Multimedia	https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139814799