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Selling the Air : a Critique of the Policy of Commercial Broadcasting in the United States.

In this interdisciplinary study of the laws and policies associated with commercial radio and television, Thomas Streeter reverses the usual take on broadcasting and markets by showing that government regulation creates rather than intervenes in the market. Analyzing the processes by which commercia...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Streeter, Thomas
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2011.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:In this interdisciplinary study of the laws and policies associated with commercial radio and television, Thomas Streeter reverses the usual take on broadcasting and markets by showing that government regulation creates rather than intervenes in the market. Analyzing the processes by which commercial media are organized, Streeter asks how it is possible to take the practice of broadcasting--the reproduction of disembodied sounds and pictures for dissemination to vast unseen audiences--and constitute it as something that can be bought, owned, and sold. With an impressive command of broadcast histo.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (354 pages)
ISBN:9780226777290
0226777294
1283097656
9781283097659