This important volume presents the pros and cons of a national service that will meet the information needs and wants of all people. In the preface, Everette E. Dennis, Executive Director of The Freedom Forum Media Studies Center, asks, "What will a true information highway -- where most citizens enjoy a wide range of information services on demand -- do to local communities, government, and business entities, other units of society and democracy itself?" It is no longer a question of whether a vastly expanded "information highway" will be built in America. Telephone and cable companies...
This important volume presents the pros and cons of a national service that will meet the information needs and wants of all people. In the preface, E...
This important volume presents the pros and cons of a national service that will meet the information needs and wants of all people. In the preface, Everette E. Dennis, Executive Director of The Freedom Forum Media Studies Center, asks, "What will a true information highway -- where most citizens enjoy a wide range of information services on demand -- do to local communities, government, and business entities, other units of society and democracy itself?" It is no longer a question of whether a vastly expanded "information highway" will be built in America. Telephone and cable companies...
This important volume presents the pros and cons of a national service that will meet the information needs and wants of all people. In the preface, E...
Digital technologies have fundamentally altered the nature and function of media in our society, reinventing age-old practices of public communication and at times circumventing traditional media and challenging its privileged role as gatekeepers of news and entertainment. Some critics believe these technologies keep the public involved in an informed discourse on matters of public importance, but it isn't clear this is happening on a large scale. Propaganda disguised as news is flourishing, and though interaction with the digital domain teaches children valuable skills, it can also expose...
Digital technologies have fundamentally altered the nature and function of media in our society, reinventing age-old practices of public communication...
This volume presents timely discussions on how digital technology is reshaping broadcasting and the media in the United States and around the world. It features contributions from distinguished scholars and young researchers, representing work that spans domestic and international issues of technological change and the implications for broadcasting and related media in a global context.
Among the many issues covered are:
The impact of digital technology on the structure of broadcasting organizations and regulation;
The nature of broadcast...
This volume presents timely discussions on how digital technology is reshaping broadcasting and the media in the United States and around the world...
The early eras of radio storytelling have entered and continue to enter the public domain in large quantities, offering unprecedented access to the Golden Age of Radio. Author and Professor John Pavlik mines the best this age of radio has to offer in Masterful Stories, an examination of the masterpieces of audio storytelling. This book provides a chronological history of the best of the best from radio s Golden Age, outlining a core set of principles and techniques that made these radio plays enduring examples of storytelling. It posits that through these techniques masterful...
The early eras of radio storytelling have entered and continue to enter the public domain in large quantities, offering unprecedented access to the...
The early eras of radio storytelling have entered and continue to enter the public domain in large quantities, offering unprecedented access to the Golden Age of Radio. Author and Professor John Pavlik mines the best this age of radio has to offer in Masterful Stories, an examination of the masterpieces of audio storytelling. This book provides a chronological history of the best of the best from radio s Golden Age, outlining a core set of principles and techniques that made these radio plays enduring examples of storytelling. It posits that through these techniques masterful...
The early eras of radio storytelling have entered and continue to enter the public domain in large quantities, offering unprecedented access to the...
