Departmental Papers (ASC)
Document Type
Journal Article
Date of this Version
10-2013
Publication Source
Critical Studies in Media Communication
Volume
30
Issue
4
Start Page
307
Last Page
326
DOI
10.1080/15295036.2012.705436
Abstract
The postwar 1940s witnessed the beginnings of a full-fledged broadcast reform movement composed of labor activists, African Americans, disaffected intellectuals, Progressives, educators, and religious organizations. Although this reform movement would never realize the full sum of its parts before it was quelled by reactionary forces, it would succeed in registering significant victories as well as laying the necessary groundwork for future reform. The following analysis draws from archival materials and interviews to recover a largely forgotten moment in broadcast history, one that holds much contemporary relevance for current media reform efforts and media policy issues.
Copyright/Permission Statement
This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Critical Studies in Media Communication on 2013, available online: http://wwww.tandfonline.com/. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15295036.2012.705436
Keywords
Media Reform; Media History; Broadcast Policy; Radio Studies; Social Movements
Recommended Citation
Pickard, V. (2013). ‘‘The Air Belongs to the People’’: The Rise and Fall of a Postwar Radio Reform Movement. Critical Studies in Media Communication, 30 (4), 307-326. https://doi.org/10.1080/15295036.2012.705436
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Broadcast and Video Studies Commons, Social Influence and Political Communication Commons
Date Posted: 21 October 2015
This document has been peer reviewed.