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Public Access Television America's Electronic Soapbox
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By Laura R. Linder
Foreword by Douglas Kellner
ISBN: 0-275-96488-4
ISBN-13: 978-0-275-96488-7
192 pages, figures, tables
Praeger Paperback
Publication: 7/30/1999
List Price: $28.95 (UK Sterling Price: £16.95)
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Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
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  • A handy addition to cable TV and First Amendment studies. Anyone interested in getting started or reassessing the operation of a public access channel would benefit from this reading. Likewise, instructors of cable television courses would find this a worthwhile text to help students better understand the trials and tribulations of what some have referred to as 'guerrilla TV.'
    —Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly
Description: As Laura Linder asserts, increased concentration of media ownership has resulted in the homogenization of public discourse. Packaged, commercialized messages have replaced the personalized and localized opinions necessary for the "uninhibited marketplace of ideas" envisioned in the First Amendment. Narrowcast outlets such as talk radio give vent to individual voices, but only to a limited, predefined audience. The media have led a social shift toward splintering and compartmentalization, away from pluralism and consensus. Public access television provides an alternative to this trend, requiring active public participation in the process of developing community-based programming through the dominant medium of television. Today, more than 2,000 public access television centers exist in the United States, producing more than 10,000 hours of original, local programming every week. But public access television remains underutilized, even as deregulation and growing interest in other telecommunications delivery systems pose a potential threat to the long-term viability of public access television. In this comprehensive review of the background and development of public access television, Linder offers all the information needed to understand the theoretical and philosophical underpinnings as well as the nuts and bolts of public access television in the United States. Must reading for students and scholars involved with mass media in the United States and professionals in the television field.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • History of Publich Access Television
  • Regulations: Background and Current Status
  • Current Status of Public Access Television
  • Current Funding Sources, Techniques, and Problems
  • The Future of Public Access Television
  • Appendix 1: Survey Methodology, Questions, and Data
  • Appendix 2: Federal Laws Regarding Public Access Procedures and Content
  • Appendix 3: Table of Cases
  • Appendix 4: Special Resources
  • References
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