Prologue to a Farce

Communication and Democracy in America

Autor: Mark Lloyd

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Oprawa: Miękka

Wydawca: University of Illinois Press

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"A popular Government without popular information or the means of acquiring it, is but a Prologue to...

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Autor

Mark Lloyd

Język

Angielski

Oprawa

Książka - Miękka

Data wydania

2006

strony

352

EAN

9780252073427

ISBN

0252073428

Enbook ID

04869253

Wydawca

University of Illinois Press

Waga

467

Wymiary

152 x 229 x 23

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"A popular Government without popular information or the means of acquiring it, is but a Prologue to a Farce or a Tragedy or perhaps both" James Madison, 1822. Inspired by Madison's observation, Mark Lloyd has crafted a complex and powerful assessment of the relationship between communications and democracy in the United States. In "Prologue to a Farce", he argues that citizens' political capabilities depend on broad public access to media technologies, but that the U.S. communications environment has become unfairly dominated by corporate interests. Drawing on a wealth of historical sources, Lloyd demonstrates that despite the persistent hope that a new technology (from the telegraph to the Internet) will rise to serve the needs of the republic, none have solved the fundamental problems created by corporate domination. After examining failed alternatives to the strong publicly-owned communications model, such as anti-trust regulation, the public trustee rules of the Federal Communications Commission, and the under-funded public broadcasting service, Lloyd argues that we must recreate a modern version of the Founder's communications environment, and offers concrete strategies aimed at empowering citizens.

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