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Peer reviewedMcChesney, Robert W. – OAH Magazine of History, 1992
Presents U.S. broadcasting history as the interplay between powerful commercial forces and a broadcast reform movement that opposed commercial control of the industry. Suggests that broadcast reformers developed traditions of media criticism that are useful today. Describes the lack of debate preceding the Communications Act of 1934 as a weak spot…
Descriptors: Advertising, Broadcast Industry, Communications, Democracy
