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

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Public Interests fills in a key part of the history of American social reform movements, revealing the impressive battles fought by groups like the NAACP, NOW, and the conservative Parents Television Council to shape both the nation's television programming and its broadcasting policies. Alliso...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Perlman, Allison, 1975- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2016]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Television broadcasting > Social aspects.
Television and politics.
Social movements.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Civil Rights.
PSYCHOLOGY > Social Psychology.
Mouvements sociaux > États-Unis.
Television et politique > États-Unis.
Television > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Social movements > United States.
Television and politics > United States.
Television broadcasting > Social aspects > United States.
United States.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Public Interests fills in a key part of the history of American social reform movements, revealing the impressive battles fought by groups like the NAACP, NOW, and the conservative Parents Television Council to shape both the nation's television programming and its broadcasting policies. Allison Perlman takes us behind the scenes of several key regulatory fights, in the process vividly illustrating the resilience, flexibility, and diversity of media activist campaigns from the 1950s onward.
Physical Description:1 online resource (256 pages).
ISBN:9780813572321

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