Public Interests : : Media Advocacy and Struggles over U.S. Television /

Public Interests : : Media Advocacy and Struggles over U.S. Television / / Allison Perlman.

Winner of the 2017 Outstanding Book Award from the Popular Communication Division of the International Communication Association (ICA) Nearly as soon as television began to enter American homes in the late 1940s, social activists recognized that it was a powerful tool for shaping the nation's v...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Rutgers University Press Complete eBook-Package 2016
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Perlman, Allison,
Place / Publishing House:New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [2016]
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Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (256 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Battle for Educational Television: Broadcasting and Citizenship in the Postwar Era
  • 2. The Black Freedom Struggle and the Broadcast Reform Movement
  • 3. Feminists in the Wasteland Fight Back: The National Organization for Women and Media Reform
  • 4. Diversity and Deregulation: The NAACP and Minority Media Rights during the Culture Wars
  • 5. Fighting for a Safe Haven: The Parents Television Council and the Restoration of the Family Hour
  • 6. The National Hispanic Media Coalition, Spanish-Language Broadcasting, and Latino Media Advocacy
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Index

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