Synopses & Reviews
At last, a collection in one volume informing the citizenry about a phenomenon that has existed for nearly a quarter century: community television represents our single source for media access in the United States. With more than 2,000 community groups providing some 15,000 hours of original programming each week--more than the annual output of ABC, CBS, and NBC combined--Community Television compares and contrasts broadcasting and grassroots cablecasting in the form of public, educational, and government (PEG) access. Fuller describes community television in terms of its history, its technical characteristics, and its legal, economic, political, and social concerns, highlighting the work of more than 150 related organizations and local television efforts from 100 cities and towns. She analyzes how competing exigencies and emerging communication technologies might threaten access in the future. Students, scholars, and professionals in television, communications, and public policy will find this reference a definitive one.
Synopsis
This is the first one-volume guide to the state of community television today in the United States and to how public, educational, and governmental access will be threatened in the future.
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-269) and index.
About the Author
LINDA K. FULLER is an Associate Professor in the Media Department of Worcester (Mass.) State College and a board member of her town's cable TV commission. She is the author of The Cosby Show: Audiences, Impact, and Implications (Greenwood Press, 1992), Chocolate Fads, Folklore, &Fantasies (1993), and Media-Mediated Relationships (forthcoming)
Table of Contents
Illustrations
Preface and Acknowledgments
Considerations on the Promises and Problems of Community Television
Related Organizations and Individuals
Programming
Production and Producers
Examples of Community Television
Implications and Predictions for Community Television
References
Index